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ANIMAL MANAGEMENT. 



Epizootic 

 lymphan- 

 gitis. 



manner than previously, and as a precaution all remounts are tested with 

 It on joining the service to ascertain their freedom from the disease. 



Epizootic Lyinphanptis. — This is a contagious disease which affects 

 mules and horses. It Is highly contagious and may lie dormant In the 

 system for a considerable time. The symptoms are the development of 

 small abscesses along the course of the lymphatic vessels and generally 

 down the limbs, though they may appear in other parts of the body, 

 which become swollen and are very similar in general appearance to the 

 condition described under Glanders-Farcy. There are certain distinctions, 

 however, the readiness with which the sores heal, the fact that the 

 Inflamed condition of the lymphatics and resulting abscesses always 

 having their original starting point from a wound, and generally the 

 absence of febrile symptoms. Nevertheless, the symptoms and appear- 

 ance of both diseases are so similar that very great care should be taken 

 to isolate all cases in the most rigid manner. This disease has been 

 recently Imported Into, and stamped out of, the United Kingdom, but 

 exists In South Africa and India, as well as many other countries. 



Coughs and colds are of frequent occurrence among all animals, 

 horses, mules and camels being the most frequent sufferers. Sudden 

 changes of temperature, and exposure to draughts when heated or in 

 stables are liable to cause them, and they are also prominent symptoms 

 in outbreaks of Influenza. A cold (catarrh) is Inflammation of the lining 

 of the nostrils, and a cough is produced by Inflammation of the lining of 

 the throat (sore throat) : the two very frequently accompanying each 

 other. The symptoms are discharge from the nostrils and the presence 

 of a cough. The discharge is at first watery, but In the course of a few 

 days it becomes greyish and thicker, and then alters to a yellow colour ; 

 it runs freely from both nostrils and does not smell. The cough varies 

 somewhat according to the state of the throat ; If the lining is dry and hot 

 it will be a short, painful one, whilst when there Is much phlegm it Is 

 hoarse and longer. Handling the throat and the effort of swallowing 

 food frequently produces it, and when the swelling inside Is great or the 

 throat Is very painful, the animal may be unable to swallow and the food 

 returns through the nose. In severe colds fever may accompany them, 

 and in such cases additional care should be taken to prevent the chance 

 of the lungs becoming inflamed. What appear to be colds and sore 

 throats may be the beginning of strangles or pneumonia. 



Treatment. — General attention to comfort ; steam the head to ptomote 

 free discharge ; rub the throat with the liniment. If the cough Is 

 very painful, only such food as is easily swallowed should be given and 

 the state of the bowels carefully attended to. 



