172 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



on that account it seems as if the fungus were the 

 cause. Influenza usually runs its course in two 

 weeks to twenty days, and in the majority of cases 

 if the horse is not worked and carefully nursed it 

 will recover without any medicine. 



Symptoms: There is sneezing, a short, trouble- 

 some cough, redness and dryness of the membrane 

 of the nose, the eyelids are inflamed, and there will 

 be tears trickling over the face; the pulse is fre- 

 quent and weak, and the animal does not want to 

 move. In a day or two there will be a discharge 

 from the nose, at first watery, then a yellow mat- 

 ter. The cough, which comes on in paroxysms or 

 fits, increases in depth. The animal keeps its head 

 down and its nose protruded. If the throat is sort- 

 it will have difficulty in swallowing water or food. 

 In bad cases part of the food and water will be 

 ejected through the nose. In some cases the eye- 

 lids will swell and close the eyes, and on lifting up 

 the eyelid it will be found very red; in this case it 

 is called "Pink Eye." If the fever is high and the 

 pulse from seventy to eighty and the temperature 

 one hundred and six, the horse is in a dangerous 

 condition and requires to be carefully looked after. 

 In the majority of bad cases all the cellular tissue 

 under the skin is affected and there will be more 

 or loss swelling of the legs and under the belly; 

 the bowels are usually constipated and the urine 

 scanty and high colored. About the end of the 

 first week a change takes place, the discharge from 

 the nose is increased and thicker, and the cough 

 softer and not so distressing, the pulse is less fre- 



