222 CATARRH. 



to be productive of a fatal result to the animal, simply from 

 tlie difficulty of determining its precise seat, or even being at all 

 certain of its existence. - • 



CATARRH. 



One of the common affections to which horses are subject is 

 that of Catarrh, or common cold. Sometimes it prevails upon 

 a number of horses, over a large extent of country, when it is 

 denominated Influenza, or Epizootic Gatarah ; but when it 

 occurs locally, and in isolated instances, it is denominated 

 Common Cold, Catarrh, Catarrhal Fever, etc., etc. 



Symptoms. — Common cold generally localizes its effects 

 in the head, or windpipe, or chest. The animal is feverish ; he 

 readily perspires upon slight exertion. The pulse is altered, 

 generally beating from fifty to sixty per minute, and feeble ; 

 occasionally it will reach even as high as seventy. The breath- 

 ing is also more or less disturbed, the respirations will vary from 

 fifteen to thirty times per minute ; the breath will be hotter 

 and the breathing very superficial. The limbs are cold, or they 

 are hot and cold in turns, ; or sometimes two of the limbs will 

 be cold, and the other two of a feverish heat. The eyes are 

 dull and weeping ; the animal dozes and yawns a good deal ; he 

 also coughs occasionally, and sneezes, or gives forth a cough and 

 a sneeze at the same time. In some instances the throat is 

 sore, attended with difficulty of swallowing ; the appetite is 

 also bad ; a watery fluid is discharged from the nostrils, or in 

 many instances semi-fluid of a bluish colour, which either disap- 

 pears, or towards the end gradually becomes purulent. The 

 urine is high-coloured and scanty, and the dung is voided in 

 small portions, and glazed. 



