174 FEVEB, QUABTEB EVIL, JOINT MTJBBAIN. 



PART II. 



DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



CHAPTER I. 

 GENERAL DISEASES. 



Fever, Quarter Evil, Joint Murrain. 



THIS disease, which is quite common, is known in 

 different localities by various terms, as, black quarter^ 

 quarter evil, joint murrain , etc. 



SYMPTOMS. There are few premonitory symp- 

 toms. Often without any, or with slight indications 

 of previous illness, the animal is found ill ; the neck 

 extended ; the head brought as far as she can effect 

 it into a horizontal position ; the eyes protruded and 

 red ; the muzzle dry ; the nostrils expanded ; the 

 breath hot ; the root of the horns considerably so ; 

 the mouth partly open ; the tongue enlarged, or ap- 

 parently so ; the pulse full, hard, and from 65 to 70; 

 the breathing quickened and laborious ; the flanks 

 heaving violently, and the animal moaning in a low 

 peculiar way. 



Sometimes the animal is in full possession of her 

 senses, but generally there is a degree of uncon- 



