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be offered him he picks amongst it in a very languid and dejected 

 manner, or refuses it altogether ; the pulse is fifty or even sixty 

 beats per minute; the mouth dry and foul, and the mucous 

 membrane of the eyes and lips presents a faint yeilovr tinge. 

 In this manner the animal may continue until he becomes so 

 feeble and so much reduced that he would die unless nutritious 

 food was forced into him ; generally, however, the disease takes 

 what is called a "turn," which is manifested either by the 

 sudden appearance and speedy development of an abscess be- 

 tween the jaws and around the region of the throat, or otherwise 

 by a gradual improvement to vigorous health without the forma- 

 tion of any such abscess. 



SxMPTOMS OF lEEEQrLAE Steangles. — The Symptoms 

 which are usually presented by Irregular Strangles wiU depend 

 upon the locality in which the disease may become manifest. In 

 the generality of cases, however, it will be easily recognised 

 inasmuch as the effects of the malady are usually developed 

 externally. If the breast of the animal, for example, should 

 be affected, it wUl be known by the muscles of this region 

 gradually losing their natural softness, and also that roundness 

 of form which is so conspicuous in health. As the disease pro- 

 ceeds, the swelling becomes harder and more painful, especially 

 if the head of the patient be elevated. The animal wiU stand 

 as if rooted to one place for hours in succession ; the appetite 

 wUl be bad, the bowels constipated, and the urine scanty. The 

 animal will also be unable to travel quickly ; the steps will be 

 short and slow, and the fore Umbs will be placed wide apart ; 

 neither will he lie down, unless forced to do so by those in 

 attendance. The pulse and respirations will be increased — in 

 some cases considerably so. The swelling of the structures of 

 the breast will present centres of hardness, and the enlarge- 

 ment generally will be hotter than the parts contiguous. 



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