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where the horse had been affected over eighteen months, the pulse 

 was taken on three different occasions, and numbered sixty each 

 time. 



"This form of the disease seldom proves fatal, and affected 

 animals usually recover without treatment, in from twelve to 

 eighteen months, and I have heard of very few instances of horses 

 having a relapse after improvement has set in. As soon as the 

 warm weather comes, the symptoms gradually disappear, and the 

 horse resumes control over the motions of his limbs, and regains 

 his condition. If put to light work and well cared for, recovery 

 seems to be hastened. 



" SYMPTOMS OF THE GENERAL FORM.— This form of the 

 disease is mostly confined to the lighter breed of horses, and usually 

 affects a greater percentage of the horses on the paddocks or farms 

 where it prevails, than the previous form ; but is not so widely 

 distributed and occurs only in certain seasons. The fore legs are 

 generally affected as well as the hind ones, but instead of being 

 jerked up like the latter, they are carried stiffly forward, the knee 

 being scarcely bent at all. 



" The too is dragged along the ground, and the animal stumbles 

 awkwardly. When undisturbed, a horse affected in this manner 

 may pasture and get about without much difficulty, but cannot get 

 along at all under excitement. 



"I have gone into a paddock where a number of horses were 

 grazing, and could scarcely see anything the matter with them, 

 until I rushed suddenly amongst them, when they immediately 

 began to plunge and flounder about in all directions. Some of 

 them would fall over, and others, after making one or two violent 

 struggles to get away, would come to a sudden standstill as though 

 rooted to the ground, their heads being elevated and nostrils di- 

 lated, gasping, as it were, for breath, and making a loud roaring 

 or flapping sound during respiration. If near enough, the heart 

 may be heard beating violently. When there is plenty of grass, 

 there is not much loss of condition in this form of the disease, and 

 with the exception of the above symptoms in varying degrees of 

 intensity, horses thus affected are apparently in good general health 

 and spirits. 



" SYMPTOMS OF THE ACUTE GENERAL FORM.— This form 



has never appeared to my knowledge, except in isolated cases, until 

 the present season (1885), and to it is attributable the recent 

 heavy mortality amongrst horses in Gippsland. 



" The symptoms differ considerably from those of either of the 

 other forms, but as all three are found affecting different animals 



