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Case 3. A yearling wether weighing 56 pounds was fed pound of 

 death camas leaves at 3 : 15 p. m. May 22, 1918. At 4 : 35 it was froth- 

 ing at the mouth and trying to 

 vomit. At 4 : 40 it was vomiting 

 freely. At 7 p. m. it was still 

 frothing at' the mouth, but had 

 ceased vomiting and was getting 

 better. At 8 p. m. it seemed to 

 have recovered. At 10 p. m. it was 

 again slobbering a little. Next 

 morning at 8 o'clock it had fully 

 recovered. 



Case 4. A yearling wether fed f 

 pound of the leaves at 9 : 25 a. m. 

 May 24, 1918, began slobbering a 

 little at 2 : 15 p. m. This gradu- 

 ally increased, and at 3 : 20 it was 

 foaming freely at the mouth. At 

 4 p. m. it was still slobbering a 

 little ; but at 4 : 15 it began eating 

 grass and seemed to have recovered 

 fully. No other sj^mptoms were 

 noted. 



Case 5. A ewe weighing 75 

 pounds was fed 1J pounds of death 

 camas at 11:50 a. m. At 2:30 

 this sheep was grinding its teeth 

 and slobbering freely. At 3 : 40 it 

 was dull and stood with the head 

 and ears drooping, still frothing 

 freely at the mouth. At 4 : 30 the 

 animal appeared to have nearly 

 recovered, and was nibbling at 

 feed. 



Case 6. A ewe weighing 68 

 pounds was fed 1J pounds of death 

 camas at 10: 40 a. m. May 9, 1918. 

 It began to froth at the mouth at 

 1:20 p. m. At about 1:30 it 

 vomited a considerable amount. At 

 2 : 30 it was slobbering freely, and 

 Figure 8. Death Camas Poisoning. stood with drooping head ; showing 



a decided weakness in the hind legs. At 3 : 30 it was salivating less 

 freely, but still stood with head drooping. At 4 : 30 it was getting 

 better ; but was still slobbering a little, and refused to eat. At 6 : 40 it 

 appeared to have fully recovered. 



Case 7. A ewe weighing 83 pounds was fed three pounds of death 

 camas leaves on May 15, 1918, at 10 a. m. At 1 : 30 p. m. it was slob- 

 bering freely, was weak, and staggered when made to move. The 

 breathing was labored, and at times the animal vomited. These symp- 

 toms continued, the animal growing worse until 3 p. m. and becoming 

 weak enough by 4 p. m. to stagger when walking ; it was then so weak 



