PARTURIENT 'DISEASES. 



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Fig. 1095.— Renault's truss. 



Symptoms. — The .disease may occur within twelve hours after 

 parturition, or at any time within a week. The appetite declines, 

 and the animal seems dull. Later, cold shivers come on. The ther- 

 mometer will indicate a, Else of temperature, and the pulse will rise 

 to 90 or 100 beats. The "milk decreases, and finally peases alto- 

 gether ; the respiration is short, and apparently painful, and the 

 animal stands with rigidly fixed back. If the inflammation extends 

 to the peritoneum, the affection becomes the serious disease next 

 described. 



. METRO- PERITONITIS, OR PUERPERAL FEVER. 



This may be a sequel of Metritis, or it may have an indepen- 

 dent origin. It is an erysipelatous inflammation of the uterus 

 and peritoneum, and has often been- confounded with parturient 



apoplexy, or "milk-fever." 

 The early symptoms are< 

 the same as those described 

 under metritis. There is 

 acute pain, manifested by 

 whisking the tail, stamping, 

 striking the belly, frequently 

 lying down and getting up, 

 or remaining on the knees 

 several minutes (Fig. 1096). 

 A marked symptom is the 



Pig. 1096.— Metroperitonitis. 



