loio Veterinary Obstetrics 



milk as a consequence of the loss of appetite of the young. The 

 coat of the young animal is staring and dull. There may exist 

 either constipation or diarrhea. In many cases distinct chills are 

 noticed as a symptom of the fever which is present. The young 

 animal in many cases shows very great weakness, and may perish 

 from the infection in the course of 24 to 48 hours after the first 

 symptoms of disease are observed. 



The symptoms of general infection vary widely in intensity. 

 Between the rapidly fatal septicaemia which we have outlined 

 and those cases which for a time do not attract any notice, 

 there is every gradation. In many cases the symptoms of fever 

 continue for a day or two, with a decreased appetite and other 

 general febrile symptoms, disappear, and the young animal ap- 

 parently regains its usual health, although it may not .seem quite 

 as vigorous as should be expected. 



In some of the very mild cases, no febrile symptoms appear of 

 such a character as to attract the attention of the owner, and 

 the early stages of the general infection pass unnoticed. This 

 very frequently occurs, and it is only when the secondary symp- 

 toms of the infection arise that the attention of the owner is at- 

 tracted to the diseased condition of the patient. 



When the young animal has reached an age of from three to 

 five or even ten days, and sometimes more, there suddenly ap- 

 pear, without warning, acute septic or pyaemic inflammations of 

 various parts or organs of the body. Pre-eminently there occur 

 septic or pyaemic inflammations of the articulations. The young 

 animal is left apparently well in the evening, and is found the 

 following morning severely lame in one of its limbs — usually so 

 lame that it will not bear weight upon the affected member. 

 Upon examination of the limb, one of the prominent articulations 

 is found swollen, hot, tense, and painful upon manipulation. 

 The inflammation usually affects the more important articula- 

 tions, especially the hock and stifle, and less frequently the elbow 

 and carpus or other joints. The suddenness and intensity of the 

 arthritis usually leads the owner to believe that the dam has in- 

 jured the joint of the young by treading upon it. 



The course of the inflammation of the articulation varies ac- 

 cording to circumstances. In many ca.ses it increases in intensity 

 for a few hours in the articulation first involved, and then very 

 suddenly abates, while another articulation becomes violently 



