INFECTIOUS HEMORRHAGIC GASTROENTERITIS 283 



Clinical Symptoms. — The animal is dull and listless for two days, 

 when the temperature will be found to be 39° or 40°; slight running fi-om 

 the eyes; and invariably diarrhtea. This last symptom is generally olv 

 served from the first, the stools being liciuid the first few days, and later 

 filled with gelatinous mucus. At the end of a week there way be some 

 passed in the stools, but this is not commonly seen. 



The appetite may be very poor or even lost, but generally in three or 

 four days the animal will commence to eat, but stop again if the diarrha-a 

 should be severe, or eat very small quantities. Vomiting is rarely seen 

 except at the onset. 



The discharge from the nose and eyes is difficult to distinguish from 

 distemper, except that it is thinner and muco-purulent. The cough is 

 stronger, and not the soft, shallow cough observed in distemper. Fre- 

 quently we find acute laryngitis or bronchitis. The exanthema of dis- 

 temper is absent but the hair is dry and harsh, and freciuently the hair 

 falls out very rapidly in the long-coated dogs, especially collies. 



The mouth very frequently becomes sore and the gums may ulcerate. 

 In rare cases a series of aphthous ulcers are seen on the lips and around the 

 free end of the tongue. This condition rarely causes death unless the 

 diarrhoea is persistent and the animal will not eat; and any attempt at 

 forced feeding is folloAved by vomiting. 



In some cases shortly after the acute symptoms commence there may 

 be evidences of congestion of the brain, accompanied by severe and con- 

 tinued convulsions, which frequently cause death. 



The treatment is practically the same as in distemper. Keep the ani- 

 mals warm and dr};, give easily digested food, lean meat, carefully remov- 

 ing all fat, and quinine, iron, and some of the pepsin preparations, and 

 allow them to run if they are not too weak. Penning them up closely 

 does harm. 



I^. Ferri et quininae citras, 12.0 



Elixir simplex, 96.0 



S. — One teaspoonful three times daily. 



If the diarrhoea is severe, give 



I^. Bismutli subgallate, 0.75 



F. cliarta No. xii. 

 S. — One powder three times daily. 



Infectious Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis. 



{Canine Typhus, Stuttyort Day Disease, Dog Plague.) 



This disease may be descril)ed as a grave infectious disease, having 

 some of the characters of distemper. The characteristic lesion being an 



