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ence of the disease is indicated by cold shivering, last- 

 ing several hours ; frequent sneezing, followed by loss 

 of appetite ; rough appearance of the hair ; drooping 

 of the ears ; stupidness ; attempts to vomit ; tendency 

 to root the bedding and to lie down in dark and quiet 

 places ; dullness of the eyes, often dim ; sometimes 

 swelling of the head ; eruptions on the ears and other 

 parts of the body ; dizziness ; laborious breathing ; 

 vitiated appetite for dung and for dirty and salty sub- 

 stances ; accumulation of mucus in the inner corner 

 of the eye and a discharge from the nose ; fetid, offen- 

 sive discharge from the bowels, offensive exhalations ; 

 semi-fluid diarrheal discharges of grayish green color, 

 often mixed with blood. In many cases, the skin on 

 the belly between the hind legs, behind the ears, and 

 even on the nose, has numerous red spots, which to- 

 ward the fatal termination of the disease turn purple. 

 As the disease progresses, the animal becomes sluggish, 

 the head droops, with the nose hidden in the bedding. 

 If there has been costiveness, about two days before 

 death there will be offensive, fetid discharges from the 

 bowels; the voice becomes hoarse; the animal is stupid; 

 emaciation increases rapidly ; the skin becomes hard, 

 dry and unclean ; there is a cold, clammy sweat, and 

 death soon follows, attended by convulsions, or comes 

 on gradually from exhaustion without a struggle. In 

 chronic cases or those of long duration, the animal 

 becomes weak, lies down most of the time, eats but 

 little and has diarrhea. These cases may linger for 

 weeks, scattering the poison of the disease wherever 

 they go." 



