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more rapidly. At this stage it can be easily cured. If not treated, 

 the animal becomes nervous and excited. lie has difficulty in 

 drinking, but not to the same extent as in the condition previously 

 described. While driving he will bear to one side, owing to the 

 lobe of the brain on that side being more greatly affected with the 

 disease than its fellow. The pulse may be a little below the nor- 

 mal in number of 

 beats and a little 

 wiry. He may lean 

 against the fence and 

 continue w a 1 k i n g 

 along, leaning to one 

 side, or against the 

 side of the stall. It 

 is very difficult to 

 get him out of his 

 stall, and when out 

 he is not able to walk 

 straight back with- 

 out assistance. If 

 running loose in pas- 

 ture, many cases will 

 continue trotting or 

 running around in 

 the lot, as though 

 driven on the road. 

 At this staffe it is 



Fig. 93— Another Symptcm of Cerebro-Spiual 



Meningitis. Showing the head drawn 



backwards and the distention of the 



nostrils from labored breathing. 



first noticed by the owner. If treatment be now undertaken 

 the prognosis is uncertain, although the majority recover. If 

 the disease cannot be checked the excitement increases. The 

 animal lifts the head higher than natural, or it is drawn 

 back by the muscles. The conjunctiva becomes greatly in- 

 jected. The animal now begins pressing forward, leans the 

 head against the manger, and thumps his head against the 

 corner of his stall. Some few cases can be cured at this stage of 



