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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOB. 



How to know it.— It is always ushered in with a shivering fit, but this 

 fit is seldom seen, and if seen is thought nothing of by most people ; the 

 chill passes off and the reaction brings fever ; the pulse runs up to fifty 

 or sixty, is soft, full and bounding ; temperature soon runs up to 102 ® 

 or 103 ^ F. ; the breathing is hurried and the nostrils are distended. 

 If pressure is applied to the chest just ai)ove the breast bone, pain will be 

 evinced and a cough provoked, which is soft, deep and subdued, great pain 

 being manifested while coughing ; the horse is loth to move ; if the ear 

 is placed to the nostril a grunt will be heard with each breath ; and if 

 the ear is placed in front of the chest a thick, unnatural sound will be 

 heard ; the ears and legs are usually cold ; the appetite is indifferent. 

 All of these symptoms will be noticed in the course of ten or twelve 

 hours. In the next twenty-four hours the pulse may run up to 70, and 

 the temperature to 104 ^ or 105 ^ ; the pulse will be soft and full ; the 

 cough will increase and the thick, heavy sound when the car is applied to 



HORSE WITH STIFF CRAMPS. 

 Head stretched. Mouth clamped together. Front feet spread (saw buck position) cramps 

 causing the miisc'es of the tail to raise. 



the breast will have run into a harsh, grating sound ; the horse persist- 

 ently stands ; drinks considerable water, and the appetite will be lost in 

 most cases ; the mouth will be hot to the finger placed under the tongue ; 

 the breath is hot as it comes from the nostrils, and the urine is scanty 

 and high colored. The horse may die from continuation of the inflam- 

 mation and extension of it to the lungs proper, or may drown in the 

 mucus that is secreted in the passages forming the next stage following 

 the dry one ; in this last a rattling bubbling sound is heard when the ear 

 is applied to the chest above the breast bone, by the air rushing through 

 the mucus. 



Convalescence will be noticed by a diminution of the mucous rattle : 

 falling of the pulse and temperature ; return of the appetite ; and a gen- 

 erally relieved appearance ; ability to lie down and rest quietly, and the 

 frequency of the breathing lessened. 



