162 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



animal only may be affected, or a number at the 

 same time. 



The first symptoms noticed is the animal is stiff 

 in its movements, especially the hind legs. Then 

 the muscles in all parts of the body, and if the 

 animal is made to move will stagger and may fall, 

 and not be able to rise without assistance, and may 

 not be able' to stand when it is raised up; the appe- 

 tite is lost, there is high fever, pulse seventy-five to 

 ninety, temperature one hundred and five to one 

 hundred and six. Paralysis of different parts of 

 the body, the power to swallow is wholly or par- 

 tially lost, the eyesight impaired. If the head of 

 the animal is elevated at this stage it is usually 

 thrown into convulsions or delirium. If the ani- 

 mal is lying down it will go through a series of au- 

 tomatic movements and will clash its head. On the 

 other hand coma may take place, and if the animal 

 is not moved will lie perfectly still. The animal 

 usually dies in two or three days. 



Treatment: Put the animal in slings as soon as 

 noticed, and give aloes one ounce, carbonate of soda 

 one ounce, ginger one ounce; dissolve in half a 

 pint of hot water, add half a pint of cold, and give 

 at one dose. Also give an ounce nitrate of potas- 

 sium in the drinking water twice a day. If the 

 animal is suffering give two drains extract of bel- 

 ladonna every four hours. If the animal is unable 

 to stand and is wild with delirium, treatment is of 

 no use. I have never seen any good results from 

 applying cold water or ice to the head. It is rec- 



