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hours after the injection, then take their temperature. The 

 temperature of the cattle not aflfected with the disease will be 

 normal, while the temperature of the affected ones will be raised 

 two or three degrees. In case you suspect thi& disease in your 

 herd of cattle it is best to send for the government veterinary 

 inspector to come and use the test, for he thoroughly understands 

 how to test them, and the affected ones will be destroyed. In 

 this way you prevent the disease from spreading in your own herd 

 of cattle, and by doing this you also protect the lives of your family, 

 yourself and those around you, for this disease can be communi- 

 cated from cattle to people by drinking the milk or eating the 

 meat of affected cattle. In opening cattle that are affected with 

 this disease the organ that is affected will be found to be eaten away 

 with the disease, and its place is taken by a lot of small lumps 

 inclosed in a membrane, and if you cut into them they are found 

 to be full of other little cheesy lumps about the size of a pea. In 

 very bad cases tumors will sometimes form and be full of yellow 

 matter. 



HYDROPHOBIA, MADNESS OR RABIES IN CATTLE. 



This disease originates spontaneously in dogs and cats and 

 can be communicated to other animals or man by the poison 

 caused from the bites of these animals while they are mad. The 

 saliva of the mouth contains the poison and this is how it is 

 caused from a bite. Every animal that they bite does not go 

 mad, but about one-fourth of the animals bitten do go mad. 



Symptoms. — ^A few days after being bitten the animal loses its 

 appetite, is very restless and anxious looking, then there is 

 increased restlessness, loud roaring at times, bunting at things 

 and pawing with its feet; saliva keeps dripping away from the 

 mouth, there is a peculiar wild look in the eyes, and the animal 

 keeps continually straining to pass manure, but very little comes, 

 and in a short time it becomes paralyzed in the hind quarters, 

 falls down and death soon relieves it. If the above symptoms 

 are present, and a m.ad dog has been through that section of the 

 country, you may as well destroy the animal, for it is mad 

 and is dangerous to have around. 



Treatment.— If the disease has set in, destroy the animal, 

 and in going around it be very careful not to let it hook or bite 

 you ; but if you go to treat the animal just after it has been bitten 

 by a mad dog, take a sharp knife and cut a piece right out of the 



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