268 Diseases of Cattle, 



CHAPTER I. 



THE CONTAGIOUS OR EPIDEMIC DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



I%e Cattle Plague — Rinderpest — Contagious Enterio Fever oj 

 Cattle, 



Pleuro- Pneumonia — Contagious Lung Fever, 



Foot and Mouth Disease — Epizootic Aphthae — Contagious 

 Eczema, 



Charhon — Black Quarter — Quarter III — Contagious An- 

 thrax — Bloody Ifurrain. 



Splenic Fever — Texas Cattle Disease — Spanish Fever, 



Cow-pox — Smallpox of Cattle — Variola Vaccina. 



THE CATTLE PLAGUE— RINDERPEST— CONTAGIOUS ENTERIC 



FEVER OF CATTLE. 



Definition. — A malignant contagious fever originating on 

 the plains of Asiatic Russia, and conveyed by the expoi*ta- 

 tion of cattle to other countries. It is essentially a disease of 

 the bovine family, but has been known to attack sheep, goats 

 and deer. 



Causes. — This formidable disease is believed to be owing 

 to a specific poison which is given off by the animal suffering 

 from it, or which may be conveyed by a healthy animal 

 from a locality where the disease is prevailing. This last fact 

 has been abundantly proven, and is of prime importance. 



Symptoms. — The time which elapses between exposure to 

 the poison and the outbreak of the disease is from three days 

 to a w^eek ; and the course of the disease to its usually fatal 

 termination is about a week. But within two days of ex- 

 posure the fever often begins, although its j)resence may not 

 be noticed, unless the thermometer is used. 



The average temperature of a healthy ox is 101° Fahren- 



