JAUNDICE OF THE NEW-BORN. ICTERUS NOU- 

 VEAUX nEs. 



In mules ; less frequently in horses and cattle. Bacteridian. Predispo- 

 sition from alleged miscegennation. Offspring of lymphatic mares. Spoiled 

 fodders, foul buildings, exposure, infection by umbilicus. From gastro- 

 enteritis, diarrhoea, dysentery. Congenital. Symptoms : refuses the teat, 

 scours, red urine, palpitation, colics, perspirations, inflammations, or ab- 

 scesses, of navel, arthritis, other internal disorders. Death from exhaustion 

 or in convulsions. Or symptoms subside and pass in 15 days. Diagnosis : 

 prostration, palpitation, icterus, and bloody urine with omphalitis. Strep- 

 tococci. Prognosis : with haematuria nine-tenths fatal. Lesions : icterus, 

 heart soft, flabby, lungs congested, general ecchymosis, blood black, clot 

 diffluent, liver congested, enlarged, spleen, swollen, softened with spots of 

 brownish yellow, meconium blood-stained^ kidneys swollen, congested, 

 points of infarction or necrosis, urine bloody, navel lesions. Treatment : 

 for congenital cases improve hygiene for dams : for offspring, antiseptics 

 to navel, shelter, warm box ; aloes to dam, or oil to colt, antiseptics inter- 

 nally, demulcents, stimulants, derivatives, opium, water, alkalies. 



This has been observed in cattle (Kitt), and in horses (Xevrier, 

 Bernadin, Lhomme) but above all in mules ( Villa- Roya,Carrere, 

 L/evriere, Bernadin, I/homme, Hartmann, Dieckerhoff). 



The affection is a bacteridian disease, in which there is a great 

 destruction of red globules, and liberation of hsematin, with 

 haematuria and yellow coloration of the tissues. 



Causes. Carrere attributes much to a supposed congenital weak- 

 ness induced by the unnatural generation of ass with mare. 

 Cadsec noticed that the offspring of certain mares and horses re- 

 mained sound, while the progeny of the same animals, and asses 

 suffered largely from icterus. Ivevriere found it especially in the 

 mules born of mares having a lymphatic temperament or suffering 

 from canker, grease or chronic lymphangiectasis. Bernadin and 

 Ivhomme attribute much to bad hygiene, and especially to poor or 

 spoiled fodders. Lhomme, Lafosse and Trasbot find accessory 

 causes in cold and wet weather. Retention of the meconium is 

 another cause. Dieckerhoff, Hartmann, Cadsec and Bournay 

 trace the disease to bacterial infection as the essential cause. 

 Many cases originate in septic infection and inflammation of the 

 navel and umbilical veins. Others commence with mucous gastro- 

 enteritis, attended by diarrhoea or dysentery. . In other cases the 

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