EPIZOOTIC AND ENZOOTIC DISEASE. 



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arrested, there will be trembling of the moiscles of the body; he 

 may eat short feed, but is unable to take long feed, owing to the 

 tongue being paralyzed. The conjunctiva becomes greatly in- 

 jected. The pulse now becomes more frequent and wiry. The 

 temperature in most cases falls below the normal, but in some 

 there is a rise of three degrees. The mouth is dry and the bowels 

 remain constipated. The animal now begins to give way in the 

 limbs, staggers, and ultimately goes down. He may die in a few 

 hours after going down, or may live a day. I never undertake 



Fig. 92— A Complication of Spinal Meningitis. 



the treatment of a case after the animal goes down and Is not 

 able to rise with a little assistance. The urine, in appearance, in 

 some cases is normal, in some highly colored, in others almost 

 black, or rather coffee-colored, whicli is due to the rapid decom- 

 position of urea caused by unhealthy secretions from the walls 

 of the bladder. 



Symptoms. — Of the fonn in which it occurs in winter: The 

 animal will be noticed to be duller than usual. This dullness 

 generally lasts two or three days, when the horse is noticed to 

 stumble. He shows excitement. In this form the disease ap- 

 proaches gradually in some cases, while in others it progresses 

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