DR. LK(IKAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



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Cause. Distemper is a contagious disease, and where one case 

 breaks out or is introduced into a herd of horses, nearly all are 

 generally affected. During some seasons, it takes on a very 

 dangerous and fatal form, while again it is very mild, the animals 

 recovering without much inconvenience or loss of flesh. 



A Case of Strangles. 



Symptoms. Before the disease really breaks out, the animal 

 is for a few days generally off its feed, weak, and languid, and 

 easily exhausted. A slight cough may be noticed, and the animal 

 shows some trouble in swallowing. In a regular case, there is 

 noticed in a few days a swelling forming in connection with the 

 throat, or under the lower jaw. These swellings may be small, 

 or may become very large, making it almost impossible for- a 

 horse to breathe or swallow. The animal will have more or less 

 fever, and in some cases becomes very weak, languid, and dull. 

 In the irregular form of .strangles, the swellings may form in the 

 bieast, in the groin, among the bowels, in connection with the 

 liver, spleen, lungs, etc., and is a more dangerous form of the 

 disease. The swelling in the throat may break, and run matter 

 out of the nose, or down the windpipe, and cause strangulation 



