410 STEAKGLES. 



Larynx. Strangles, when limited in its local effects to the 

 sub-maxiUary space, may be denominated 'Regular ; but when 

 its effects are manifested by the formation of Abscess in other 

 localities, it is designated Irregular Strangles. 



Symptoms. — The symptoms which characterise Strangles 

 are different in some cases from what they are in others. One 

 colt will be in full health to all appearance, as it were, to-day, 

 and to-morrow he may separate himself from his companions, 

 appear spiritless, carry his head low, be affected with a soft, 

 soundiag cough, and the appetite be but very indifferent. In 

 the course of a day or two he wiU be found to gulp his water, 

 and perhaps to have become more dejected, and in this state he 

 may continue with little or no material alteration for six or 

 eight days, at the end of which time a large tumour will have 

 formed in the sub-maxillary space, which will ripen, burst, and 

 discharge a large quantity of thick purulent matter. From this 

 time he will generally improve in spirits, appetite, and bodily 

 appearance, until he is restored perhaps to a state of health 

 better than he possessed previous to the attack. 



Should the larynx be affected with spasm, the breathing of 

 the patient will be attended with a rough snoring noise, or as 

 the closure of the glottis becomes more complete, with shrUl 

 whistling, or screaming sounds. See " Spasm of the Larynx," 

 page 251. 



Such are the symptoms and the course pursued by the 

 disease in the majority of cases ; others occasionally occur where 

 the animal wastes ; loses condition daily ; his coat becomes dry, 

 long, and staring ; his skin is as though it was glued to his 

 ribs ; he creeps about the hedges and shady places away from 

 his companions, where he can stand unmolested, and where he 

 may remain for hours utterly indifferent to everything ; if food 



