DlSTEXPEB. 



PART V. 



DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



CHAPTER I. 

 GENERAL DISEASES. 



Distemper. 



THIS is one of the most common diseases of the 

 dog, and one that leaves in its train often very serious 

 results. The earlier symptoms are very insidious. 

 There is dullness; loss of appetite, flesh, and strength 

 may be remarked, while purging and vomiting 

 are not uncommon. To this are added a short husky 

 cough, watery eyes, increased redness of the vessels 

 of the eye, sensibility of the eye to light, increased 

 frequency of the pulse. As the disease advances, 

 the animal shivers with the cold, dislikes to be dis- 

 turbed, seeks warmth, and courts solitude; the 

 bowels are confined ; the membrane of the eye 

 covered with a fine net-work of bright red vessels ; 

 a thick discharge of matter flows from the eyes ; the 

 nostrils are covered with a glassy yellowish fluid ; the 

 cough is increased in frequency, and comes on in 

 fits, which terminates in the discharge of a yellow, 

 frothy fluid from the stomach ; the skin is hot. 



