872 Other Food Rashes. 



Tm. Eimdseh., 1891, 70.— Eabe, Haiin. Jhl)., 1877-75, 80; D. Z. f. Tm., 1879, V, 

 284.— Sehindelka, Hautkrankheiten, 1908, 380.- Schroder, W. f. Tk., 1894, 397.— 

 Ziirn, Pflanzl. Parasiten, 1889, 280. 



Other Food Rashes. Hess frequently saw an eruption simi- 

 lar to that of eczema in cattle fed on malt. The extremities 

 were usually affected and in severe cases the udder as well, 

 and in such cases a general disturhance of health was observed. 

 Recovery occurred in 8 to 30 days. For treatment 10 to 30% 

 of creolin ointment was recommended. Schmidt observed in 

 several cows a nodular eruption with subsequent formation of 

 hemorrhagic cracks and scabs. (Hess, Kongr. Bern., 1895, 286. 

 —Schmidt, W. f. Tk., 1903, 273.) 



Large amounts of the skins of pressed grapes (Eoll) or the husks 

 of grapes and vine leaves (Faller) given as food cause an eruption 

 similar to malt eczema which is accompanied bv diarrhea. (Faller, 

 A. f. Tk., 1899, XXV, 225.) 



Reinhardt saw an eczematous eruption on the extremities, round 

 about the eyes and mouth in 3 calves fed on rice bran (W. f. Tk., 

 1891, 87). 



Doderlein observed in cattle an exanthema like that of malt eczema 

 after feeding on white mustard (AV. f. Tk., 1896, 77). 



Sipp described an attack of dermatitis similar to slop eczema; 

 it had occurred in cows and Indloeks after feeding the residues of 

 pressed beet-root and affected the skin of the extremities, head and 

 neck (Pr. Mt. 1852-53, 65). 



An enzootic of hop exanthema was recently reported by Zaruba in 

 a large cattle herd. The disease occurred year after year on this estate 

 after the animals had daily received a certain quantity of tendrils of 

 the hop plant freed from the umbels, and after a bad harvest the 

 disease showed a wide extension. The skin of the udder and of the 

 posterior extremities was affected mostly ; in some animals, however, 

 the fore extremities and the lower chest, and in one case the whole sur- 

 face of the body were attacked. The clinical picture agreed in general 

 with that of malt eczema. The cessation of hop feeding, exercise in 

 the open and suitable local treatment produced a cure within 10 davs 

 (T. Z., 1907, 577). 



Roder saw a severe moist eczema limited to the fetlocks in three 

 horses after feeding on peat molasses (S. B., 1900, 255). 



Finally Mouilleron observed in horses an eruption similar to that 

 of malt eczema, which occurred after feeding on corn glucose cakes. 

 Fever and general symptoms, as well as motor disturliances were noted 

 in the acute cases. Tlie disease usually commences in the fold of the 

 fetlock, gradually passing on to the anterior surfaces of the extremities, 

 and spreads up to the hock or carpal joint. At times, the skin 

 at the inner surface of the thigh, the prepuce, the neighborhood 

 of the rectum, the eyes and the lips is also involved. At the last named 

 places one misses the otherwise prominent moist surfaces, the skin ap- 

 pears very dry, stiff, cracked and painful. If the disease develops 

 more slowly, moisture is slight at the extremities, and the exanthema 

 is very obstinate; but in other cases it can be made to disappear in 

 3 to 5 weeks by a change of food and by proper local treatment (Rec. 

 1907, 569). 



