DISEASES OF FARM ANIMALS III 



with the lime, and plug up the nostrils or mouth. 

 Treat the rectum likewise. Turn the animal into 

 its grave, sprinkle the ground on which it has stood 

 and laid with a strong solution of chlorinated lime, 

 and shovel the top layers of this soil into the grave. 

 Follow this with the grave soil, banking it up, as in 

 human graves. In cases where the animal is found 

 dead, the same method is to be pursued, except that 

 the animal is hauled to the grave on a sled (never 

 dragged over the ground). In these cases, also, the 

 place where it died must be disinfected by the same 

 means, after hauling out all loose materia^ and 

 burning the same, as near as possible to the place 

 where the animal died. It would also be necessary 

 to disinfect the sled and all tools which came in 

 contact with the carcass. 



APOPLEXY. — A ruptured blood vessel in the 

 brain ; usually causes unconsciousness, at least for a 

 time. The control of certain muscles is lost and a 

 general dullness prevails over the animal. In case the 

 apoplectic attack runs a favorable course, the muscles 

 come more or less under control again and the 

 patient in time may recover. It is in rare cases 

 only, however, that animals recover to an extent 

 to be worth much after being affected with 

 apoplexy. Fortunately the disease in animals is 

 rare 



AZOTURIA, OR MONDAY MORNING 

 DISEASE.— This is a very peculiar affection 

 of the horse, in which the animal shows a 

 special form of lameness upon exercise, after 

 having remained idle for a day or two. The 

 cause is not definitely known, and yet the 

 circumstances under which the disease develops 

 are rather constant, such, for instance, as an animal 



