f)l§fiASES OF THE HO(i. iGl 



there is inflammation of the throat and back part 

 of the mouth, which, on being examined, will be 

 found red and swollen; the tongue will be coated 

 with a yellowish white fur, and projecting red pim- 

 ples will be 3een upon its surface, and is red at the 

 edges and tip. If the animal has white skin about 

 the face, neck, belly or inside of the legs, a red rash 

 will be seen about the second or third day. In some 

 cases minute pimples form, which are itchy and 

 make the animal very restless. The bowels are 

 usually constipated, but in some few cases there 

 may be diarrhoea. In some cases the throat symp- 

 toms are very slight, but usually they are severe 

 and occur before the rash and are very distressing, 

 swelling both inside and out, and may prevent the 

 animal from swallowing and make the breathing 

 very difficult This disease is readily mistaken for 

 quinsy in the pig. The disease usually reaches its 

 height in from five to nine days, and then, in the 

 majority of cases, begins to decline. The rash fades; 

 the dry heat of the skin diminishes; the pulse be- 

 comes slower; the throat symptoms disappear, and 

 the tongue loses its fur and becomes clean, and the 

 temperature is reduced; but in some cases it takes 

 on worse forms, and an animal may die before the 

 eruption appears, from shock upon the nervous 

 system; or at any time during the attack from 

 brain trouble or from inflammation attacking some 

 of the vital parts, such as the lungs, stomach, bow- 

 els; or the animal may die from suffocation. The 

 patient may sink from debility. As this disease re- 

 quires to be treated according to the condition of 



