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II. Changes in action, conduct, or habit, including 



a. Eccentric and erratic movements, such as 

 Peculiarities of posturing or attitudinising. 

 Antics or capers. 



Gyration ; e.g., in the phrenitis of the lamb 

 (Youatt). 



6. Awkwardness or clumsiness of movement, in- 

 cluding a stumbling, uncertain, precipitate 

 gait. 



c. Morbid desire for movement or muscular action, 



involving 



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Restlessness and exaggerated activity of 

 movement. 



d. Aimlessness of action sudden, objectless change 



of attitude or place, useless bustle, and to-and- 

 fro hurry. 



e. Indisposition to, or slowness of, action; indo- 



lence or laziness, frequently with a tendency 

 to self-isolation. 



/. Loss of the power of maintaining physical equili- 

 brium, e.g., during repose. 



g. Various forms of automatic, mechanical, or un- 

 conscious action (Pierquin). 



h. General violence, outrageousness, or unruliness 

 of conduct, including proneness to assault. 



i. General mischievousness. 



j. Specific forms of violence or mischief : by- 

 Biting, in the dog and horse ; kicking, plung- 

 ing, and shying, in the horse. 

 Tricking and worrying, in the dog ; gnawing, 

 in the horse. 



III. Changes in the natural character or disposition, 

 including 



a. The development either of marked general ex- 



citement or depression. 



b. Temper-changes also of a marked kind, such as 



Fractiousness in petted or pampered animals. 

 Peevishness from many forms of ill-health. 



