CHAPTER XIII 



DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS 



Respiratory troubles are of rather common occur- 

 rence, not only in hounds but in all other breeds, and 

 when such complaints do come on careful manage- 

 ment is required in order to tide the animal over 

 the critical phases of some of these chest affections. 

 One of the commonest troubles is 



Pneumonia 



either as an independent affection or as a compHca- 

 tion of that deadly scourge distemper. Pneumonia, 

 or inflammation of the lungs, may be confined to 

 one side of the chest or affect both sides, i.e., either 

 the right, left, or both lungs be imphcated, and the 

 gravity of the malady is to a large extent regulated 

 by the area of the lung involved in the morbid pro- 

 cess. It is usual to speak of pneumonia as either 

 " catarrhal " or " lobular," and " croupous " or 

 " lobar," in accordance with the areas of the lungs 

 affected. When the pneumonic form of distemper 

 makes its appearance in a kennel of hounds there is 

 generally a heavy percentage of deaths, equalled 



only by the biHous form of that malady. Pleurisy 



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