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rence simultaneously with, other .forms of anthrax and in 

 the same places. 



Anthrax Fever in Horses. Vigorous health is replaced 

 by dullness, muscular weakness, stupor, hanging on the 

 halter, leaning on the side of the stall, if at work unsteady 

 movement, colicky pains, lying down and rising, turning 

 the head toward the flank. The hair is dry and erect, the 

 hide tense, and may even crepitate on handling ; the skin 

 trembles or sweats about the ears, elbows, or thighs. The 

 eyes and nose assume a yellow or reddish or. brownish- 

 yellow tinge, with oftentimes dark red or black spots. The 

 pulse is weak, the heart's impulse behind the left elbow 

 strong, breathing labored or quick and catching. A frothy, 

 bloody fluid may appear at the nose. The bowels are costive, 

 the dung covered with mucus, or loose with streaks of blood. 

 The rectum, everted, is of a dark red and puffy. Great 

 weakness comes on and the patient dies in convulsions or 

 daring the subsequent calm. Death usually occurs in 

 twelve to twenty-four hours. 



Anthrax Fever in Oxen; Splenic Apoplexy. The patient 

 ceases feeding and ruminating or does so irregularly, trem- 

 bles, has partial sweats, staring coat, varying heat of the 

 body, arched back, quarters rested on the stall or fence, 

 or lies with the head turned to the flank. A high tem- 

 perature (105° to 107°) precedes the outward symptoms by 

 hours or days. The eye is sunken, dull, watery, with the 

 shades of brown and yellow, and dark spots, remarked in 

 the horse; breathing hurried, heart's action violent, pulse 

 weak, loins and back tender or even crepitating, urine 

 bloody, bloody liquids escape from nose, anus, or eyes, and 

 the dung is streaked with blood. As the disease advances 

 the temperature of tlie body decreases and the patient dies 

 in convulsions or quietude, or makes a rapid recovery. The 

 fatal result usually takes place in from twelve to twenty- 

 four hours. 



