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same sleepy look and hanging ears, and occasionally walked about in 

 an imeasy way. There was some lack of coordination of the muscles 

 of the forelegs. Plate II, figure 2, shows tlie condition of the animal 

 at that time, and Plate II, figure 3, shows the animal about 9.30 a. m. 

 At 11.10 a. m. the condition was about the same as at 9.12. At 11.55 

 a. m. the animal was found upon her knees ; she got up with difficulty, 

 but was barely able to stand upon lier feet. She had been gradually 

 growuig easier, and at 12.10 p. m. was down with her head upon the 

 gromid, apparently in a sleep. At tliis time she was given 5 grams 

 of tannic acid in water, and 5 minutes later 10 c.c. of gin was given 

 in an ounce of water. At 12.20 p. m. she was found down in a corner 

 of the corral with her head under her body. She was helped up, but 

 fell down again on her side in a convulsive spasm. At 12.25 p. m. 

 she lay quiet; her respiration was 32, deep and labored, and her pulse 

 98, strong and regular. At 12.30 p. m. an attempt was made to get 

 her upon her beUy, but she rolled over on the other side. This was 

 repeated several times. After several attempts she lay upon her 

 belly with her nose extended on the ground. At 12.38 p. m. she 

 tried to get upon her feet, but was unable to do so and went over 

 on her side. Her legs straightened out, her head was thrown back 

 in a strychninlike spasm, respiration stopped, the eyes rolled back, 

 and at 12.41 p. m. the animal was dead. 



At the autopsy a few petechise were found on the walls of the 

 ventricles of the heart. The vessels of the small intestines were 

 injected, and the brain was slightly congested. Nothing else abnor- 

 mal was noticed. 



TYPICAL CASE OP SHEEP NO. 253. 



Sheep No. 253, a ewe weighing 62.5 pounds, was kept in the corrals 

 August 5, 1914, for feeding. 



On August 6, at 9.20 a. m., her temperature was 102° F., her pulse 

 60, and her respiration 16. From 9.30 a. m. to 10.05 a. m. she was 

 fed with the balhng gun 195.31 grams of seed pods of Lupinus 

 leucoysis. The pods were collected July 16, before the seeds had 

 ripened, and allowed to dry. In the process of drying the seeds were 

 expelled. The pods were ground and 4 ounces of water was added to 

 facilitate the feeding. This was fed in the ratio of 31 2 grams of pods 

 to 100 pounds of animal. Allowing for the loss of weight in the pods 

 due to drying, tliis animal received an equivalent of 2.755 pounds of 

 fresh pods per 100 pounds of animal weight. The sheep appeared 

 all right during the day and was watched until 1 1 p. m. 



On August 7, at 6.50 a. m., her temperature v/as 100.6° F., hor 

 pulse was 96, and her respiration 21. The animal was found lying 

 down with her head through the fence Ixitwcnm the boards and swing- 

 ing it from side to side. Her eyes were staring and expressionless. 

 Tlie femoral pulse was almost imperceptible. There was no evidence 



