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short, dry cough supervenes, which is the cause of much uneasiness 

 to the animal. (Egan.) In most cases a cough with great difficulty in 

 breathing exists, the animal making more noise on expiration than in 

 pleuro-pneumonia. (Gooch's account of symptoms of Dutch bullocks 

 in Norfolk, communicated to Prof Simonds, 1st Rep., p. 10.) 



g. The Vulva (the external opening of the vagina or passage leading 

 to the womb) assumes a reddish tinge (with generally a few bluish 

 streaks — Wood), and the color deepens as the disease advances, these 

 appearances furnishing in females the most reliable and distinctive 

 external characteristics of the disease. (Smart and Wood.) 



h. The Mouth shows a faint, red or purple line on the under gum 

 along the roots of the teeth, closing up the column of primary symp- 

 toms within forty-eight hours. (Smart.) The buccal membrane, par- 

 ticularly at the junction of the interior of the lips with the gums, 

 becomes abraded or excoriated — the membrane peels off in little irreg- 

 ularly shaped spots, presenting a mouse-eaten or mouse-gnawed appear- 

 ance. The papillae of the tongue and cheeks are enlarged. (Per Barron, 

 V. S., Sequel, &c., p. 26.) 



In the vulva and mouth we have the distinctive sign. of 

 the Einderpest ; and in the latter the appearance can be 

 readily distinguished from that observed in epizootic eczema 

 or mouth and foot disease. 



3d. The Period of Congestion. 



This is the stage of the disease when the congestion, which 

 has exhibited its earliest outbreak in the epithelial membranes 

 covering the mucous surfaces of the fourth stomach and 

 in part of the bowels, and then shown itself in the vulva and 

 mouth, becomes active and pervades the entire system, show- 

 ing in the first i^lace a largely quickened action of the 



a. Pidse. The number of pulsations in health may be rated at 40 

 to 45 per minute in the field, and 50 to 60 in the byre. The pulse 

 now mounts up to 80, 90 and even 100 beats per minute (Wood) ; 60 

 to 110 (Smart). Thirst and loss of appetite become more marked. 



h. Respiration becomes hurried, and frequently labored and noisy, 

 instead of from 18 to 20 per minute as in health the inspirations raiige 

 each minute from 40 to 60 and considerably higher (Wood) ; 36 to 70 

 (Smart). The respirations numbered 96 in an animal which recovered, 

 and are often jerking in their character. (Pope.) 



