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and discharge pus. Symptoms of farcy, 

 diarrhoea and swellings of the limbs and 

 head may appear." The premonitory 

 shivering fits and rise of temperature 

 should, however, at an early period of 

 the disease serve as a warning to the 

 amateur of the necessity of at once 

 obtaining professional aid. 



Grease.— i:\i\?> is an aggravated form 

 of sore heels. If not taken in time the 

 disease extends above the fetlock-joints, 

 and there is considerable swelling, with 

 cracks and ulcers in the skin, and a dis- 

 charge of offensive matter. The disease 

 is frequently the result of overcrowding 

 and injudicious feeding. It is admitted 



