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dogs at all ages, it is mostly seen in puppies, and, like measles in the 

 human subject, generally occurs only once in a lifetime. Some 

 breeds of dogs suffer more from the malady than others. It attacks 

 various parts of the body, such as the respiratory organs, those of 

 digestion or the nervous system, also in a complicated form. 



533. The organs of respiration are, however, the most subject to 

 an attack of the malady, and when the puppy is observed to be 

 dull, languid, depressed, and off its food, with a dry muzzle and a 

 discharge from the eyes and nose, it may be assumed that it is 

 ' breeding ' distemper. It is highly necessary that the patient be 

 well cared for at the outset, and at once put into comfortable 

 quarters (par. 529), and have administered a dose of castor oil and 

 syrup of buckthorn. This should be followed up every eight hours 

 with a dose of from 10 to 60 grains of hyposulphite of soda dissolved 

 in 1 wineglassful of cold water, to which from 1 to 6 grains of 

 sulphate of quinine has been added. The hyposulphite and quinine 

 mixture I have found to answer splendidly. For further treatment 

 and feeding, see pars. 529 and 530. Hypodermic injections of specially 

 prepared anti-streptococcus serum are useful as a preventive. 



534. Bad attacks of distemper in dogs occasionally end in Chorea 

 [par. 598). This is a derangement of the nervous system, for which 

 there is nothing better than Easton's syrup or Fellows' compound 

 syrup of hypophosphites n and of this from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls in 

 water may be given twice a day. 



CATTLE. 



535. Affections of the respiratory organs in cattle are not of such 

 common occurrence as with the horse. Colds, chills, changes of 

 temperature, east winds, etc., as a rule affect the digestive organs of 

 cattle more than those of the respiratory system. 



536. Acute Catarrh is a watery discharge from the eyes and 

 nose, accompanied by general fever, and is occasionally met with, 

 particularly in Irish cattle that have been brought across the water 



