Rabies 371 



stomach often containing sticks and other foreign 

 bodies swallowed by the dog during the progress of the 

 disease. In order to diagnose suspected cases of rabies, 

 inoculation of rabbits can be made, or the brain of the 

 supposed rabid animal should be examined by an expert 

 microscopically for the presence of "negri bodies" in 

 the brain cells. 



The symptoms of rabies in cattle are delirium, in 

 which the diseased animal attacks other, and particu- 

 larly smaller animals and persons; trembling of the 

 muscles, and difficulty in walking, due to a knuckling of 

 the fetlocks. In most cases the animal keeps up a 

 hoarse bellowing, and there is violent straining as if to 

 pass excrement. 



Horses, when attacked by rabies, become excited and 

 furious, attacking other animals or inanimate objects, 

 sometimes breaking their teeth in their fury. 



After an animal has contracted the disease it should 

 be put out of its misery, as there is no hope of recovery 

 from rabies. When a person or animal is bitten by 

 an animal supposed to be rabid, the wound should be 

 cauterized with nitrate of silver or other strong caustic, 

 and antiseptics freely used. Dogs are to be securely 

 confined, to prevent the possibility of their injuring 

 any one. They are likely to disappear should the dis- 

 ease develop. Persons bitten by rabid animals should 

 have the Pasteur treatment. 



When an outbreak of rabies occurs among cattle, the 

 drinking place should be disinfected, and the healthy 

 animals kept from the rabid to prevent the possibility 

 of infection. 



