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This is a very severe form, and unless great care is used 

 in the management, it will often prove fatal. 



The " Strangles " form is seen where we have, besides 

 many of the above-mentioned symptoms, the formation 

 of abscesses under the jaw. We sometimes have very 

 large swellings develop in this location in a day or two. 

 At first they are usually hard and very tender, and here 

 we may have a total disinclination for food at most 

 only a little hay on account of the abscesses interfer- 

 ing with the muscles used in the act of swallowing. 

 The saliva will usually dribble from the mouth quite 

 profusely. Sometimes these abscesses are deep enough 

 in the throat to prevent breathing with any considerable 

 freedom; in fact,in severe cases the obstruction to breath- 

 ing causes very great distress, and the loud sound made 

 by the air passing through the constricted passage in 

 the throat can be heard for a considerable distance, In 

 such cases there are frequent spasms of coughing, which 

 sometimes last for two or three minutes. This form of 

 the disease is not nearly so dangerous to life as the form 

 last described, but when improperly treated, frequently 

 leaves the animal a roarer. This is especially the case 

 in race horses. 



One other form of influenza may be considered typi- 

 cal, viz., pink-eye. Here the most prominent symptom is 

 a swelling of the eyelids and a great tendency to have 

 swellings of the limbs, due to an effusion under the skin. 

 The eyelids are often seen swollen so large as to be en- 

 tirely closed, and the attack seems to come on very sud- 

 denly. The general symptoms are much the same as 

 those described for the mild form of distemper. We 

 have sore throat, high temperature, quick pulse, loss of 

 appetite and a rapid loss of strength.' 



