460 BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. [Pub. Doc, 



The two-year-old black heifei* was killed on the afternoon of 

 August 2. Temperature immediately before death registered 

 106|^, having dropped from 107| in the morning. Symptoms 

 were distressed breathing, bloodshot eyes, local oedematous swell- 

 ing in the sub-maxillary space and about the larynx and pharynx, 

 pulse 100, and evidence of much pain in the throat; tongue pro- 

 truding and black, and an inclination to drink water, but unable 

 to do so. This heifer and the Jersey and brown one had been 

 removed from the main herd into a small enclosure across the road. 

 Post-mortem revealed lesions entirely localized in the larynx, 

 pharynx, roots of tongue and surrounding muscles and tissues, 

 except the blood had a peculiar black appearance, and left a dark 

 cherry stain on the hands ; mucous membrane at base of tongue 

 very black, and tremendous amount of oedema, extending clear 

 through to the skin. 



The temperatures of the brown and Jersey ran as follows : — 



August 3, brown heifer, 103f 



August 3, Jersey heifer, 102 



Aug-ust 4, brown heifer, 104 



August 4, Jersey heifer, 104| 



August 5, brown heifer, . . . • i \ I ^ ^nl 

 ^ \ (p.m.) 108f 



August 5, Jersey heifer, lOlf 



In the afternoon of August 5 the brown heifer commenced 

 breathing in a labored sort of way, pulse very weak, eyes blood- 

 shot, and blood commenced oozing out around the ears, neck and 

 both shoulders. She died some time before 6 a.m. August 6, 

 and the post-mortem revealed hemorrhagic spots entirely dotting 

 the folds of serous membranes in both the abdominal and pleural 

 cavities, about the size of twenty-five and fifty cent pieces ; no 

 lesions in the throat visible. 



A record was made of the temperature of the four remaining 

 heifers until August 29, as follows : — 



