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horses and mules in many cities and localities. In some of the 

 large cities not a horse could be seen on the streets for weeks at 

 a time^all the teaming being done with oxen. This disease 

 prevails nearly every winter and spring, but not in a very fatal 

 form as a general thing. Nearly every person can remember,, to 

 their sorrow, how the la grippe raged all through this country 

 among people last winter and spring. It is nearly the identical 

 disease that attacks the horse, so you will know how to sympa- 

 thize with your faithful servant the horse when he has the 

 "grippe.* 



Causes. It, without a doubt, originates from some atmos- 

 pheric influence, and when once started spreads through the air 

 and is caught by well horses coming in contact with sick ones. 

 The germs or contagion may be carried on the clothing of people 

 from one stable to another. A case is on record where the disease 

 was conveyed three miles across water, either through the air or 

 on the clothing of people, as no animals were taken on to the 

 island for three months previous to the outbreak of the disease. 

 It is seen more frequently and in a worse form in crowded, poorly 

 ventilated stables, and it is more fatal in large cities than in the 

 country. Colts and old horses are easier victims to the disease 

 than middle-aged, healthy horses. One thing that makes influ- 

 enza such a fatal disease is the other diseases that follow it, as 

 pneumonia, bronchitis, rheumatism, heart troubles, etc. 



Symptoms. In the early stages of the disease there is general 

 weakness, dullness, watery eyes, a watery discharge from the nose 

 which turns to matter, a cough, etc. The pulse and temperature 

 run up sometimes very high, and the animal loses its appetite. The 

 symptoms, instead of improving in two or three days, as in ca- 

 tarrh or cold, get worse, and the animal becomes a great sufferer. 

 The throat is sore, the cough is painful, the breathing labored 

 ;md fast, and the animal shows all signs of weakness and sore- 



