DISEASES OF GOATS, DOGS, AND CATS 635 



of summer or late spring, and not in the fall or winter, when the 

 contrast of temperature will be so much greater. 



Earlier writers have called attention to the fact that Angora 

 goats do not take kindly to transportation from one climate to an- 

 other. Hobson states that the native proprietors of Angora flocks in 

 Asia Minor unanimously assert that this goat can not be transported 

 from the place where it was born to a neighboring village of a dif- 

 ferent altitude without suffering a deterioration, and although able 

 to resist both heat and cold they can not withstand much humidity, 

 either in their pastures or folds. 



The second precautionary measure is closely allied to the first, 

 namely, Angora goats should be provided with stables that are thor- 

 oughly dry, not alone in their ability to shed rain, but on account of 

 being erected upon ground that has perfect natural drainage, and 

 these should be accessible by them at all times, as the effect of rains 

 upon the general health and strength of these animals has been 

 frequently proved to be very disastrous. So great is their natural 

 aversion to a wetting that they will seldom get caught out in a 

 shower if shelter is within their reach, but will leave their browsing 

 and march under cover before the downpour arrives. The reason 

 for this is obvious. Their fleece is wholly lacking in yolk; con- 

 sequently it will not shed water in the least, and a fall of rain 

 immediately soaks the animal clear to the skin. 



As a third measure of prevention may be mentioned careful 

 feeding. No animal is as well fortified against the attack of an in- 

 fection when reduced by lack of nourishment as it is when in vigor- 

 ous, thriving condition. Among the predisposing causes of disease 

 usually enumerated by general pathologists will be found debility 

 due to insufficient or unsuitable food, and, although the reason for 

 this may not be established beyond the reach of argument, it is 

 pretty generally conceded that the continued lack of proper nourish- 

 ment establishes in the blood of an animal an abnormal degree of 

 alkalinity which grants an increased susceptibility to the inroads of 

 pathogenic organisms. 



Another preventive measure to be mentioned here is one that is 

 applicable only after the disease has made its appearance in the 

 flock. The segregation or isolation of all affected animals as soon 

 as they evince any symptoms of the disease will be found a most 

 valuable means of protection for those that remain unaffected, and 

 a strict quarantine over all of the diseased members of the flock 

 should be maintained so long as the disease remains upon the 

 premises. 



THERAPEUTICS. 



Medicinal treatment has proved unsatisfactory in many of the 

 cases of takosis to which it has been applied. The most pleasing 

 results that have been derived from the use of drugs in our experi- 

 ments at the laboratory have followed the administration of calomel 

 given alone in 0.10-gram doses twice daily for two days, to be fol- 

 lowed by powders composed of arsenic, iron, and quinine, as follows: 



