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ANIMAL MANAGEMENT. 



Influenza. 



Symp- 

 toms. 



Treat- 

 ment. 



Surra. 



Foot-and- 

 mouth 

 disease. 



the bowels, keeping them soft. When the abscess has burst or 

 been opened, the discharges must be destroyed as the disease 

 is contagious and its prevention is the main point to be attended to. 

 The general rules for dealing with contagious diseases and wounds 

 apply. 



Influenza Is a contagious fever which attacks horses and mules. It 

 is chiefly to be feared when large bodies of animals are suddenly 

 collected together, and specially if the sanitary surroundings are not good. 



Symptoms. — Fever and great lassitude, with generally a highly 

 coloured lining to the eye (pink eye), which may also be considerably 

 swollen. When the disease attacks the chest and air passages, there 

 will be discharge from the eyes and nose, resembling that described 

 under catarrh, and in severe cases inflammation of the lungs may follow. 

 In another form there may be rapid swellings of the limbs, and 

 occasionally the bowels are affected and there is diarrhoea. It is easily 

 communicated from one animal to another, and the usual precautions for 

 dealing with contagious diseases should be observed. 



Treat7}ient. — In this disease the weakness of the patient is great and 

 the wasting rapid, whilst appetite is often wanting, or at any rate 

 capricious. Nursing is of the greatest importance, and every endeavour 

 should be made to get the patient to eat in order to keep up the strength. 

 The body should be clothed and the legs bandaged warmly, whilst, if 

 stabled, draughts should be avoided. After recovery ample rest should 

 be given to recover the strength before being put to work again. 



Surra. — A fever produced by a parasite in the blood, in most animals, 

 but chiefly affecting horses, mules, and camels. It appears usually in 

 swampy districts or countries, and is most prevalent during the rainy 

 season. The parasite is conveyed from one animal to another by means 

 of flies. It occurs in India, but not in England. 



The symptoms are fever, which appears and disappears or gets less 

 every few days ; dark red spots on the lining of the eye and nose, which 

 are often yellowish ; the appearance of nettle-rash over the body, and 

 later on swelling of the legs and lower surfaces of the body. The animal 

 gets thin and weak, and usually dies in about six weeks from the time it 

 was noticed to be ill. 



Foot-and-mouth disease. — A fever which affects cattle particularly, but 

 also sheep, goats and camels. Its special characteristics is the appearance 

 of small blister-like eruptions in the mouth and around the junction of hair 

 and hoof. It is extremely catching and must be dealt with strictly whenever 

 discovered, as it may spread very rapidly and incapacitate cattle from 

 work. 



