120 The Farmer's Yetermary Ad/viser. 



Anthrax Fever in Sheep; Blood-striking; Braxy. Is 

 very promptly fatal, the dead and already foetid carcasses 

 being usually found in the morning though the flock was 

 apparently well at night. The black, tarry blood brighten- 

 ing very slowly on exposure, the enlarged spleen and mesen- 

 teric glands, the red, puffy, softened membrane of the 

 bowels, and the bloody and gelatinous exudations show the 

 true nature of the disease. When seen during life there 

 are signs of plethora, fever, red eyes, costiveness, bloody, 

 mucous dung, bloody urine, colicky pains, unsteady gait, 

 breathlessness when driven, flattened fleece, deep-sunken 

 eyes, stupor, convulsions, and speedy death. Many cases 

 of so-called braxy are not communicable to other animals, 

 hence not genuine anthrax. 



Anthrax Fever in Swine. There are dullness, thirst, in- 

 appetence, a tardy, unsteady gait, hot, pendent ears, droop- 

 ing tail, deep, dull brownish-red eyes, hurried breathing, 

 small pulse, violent heart's action, and tense, tender abdo- 

 men. Nervous tremors, twitching, or cramps come on, the 

 body cools, bloody urine is passed and sometimes bloody 

 dung. Dark or black spots appear on the skin and mucous 

 membranes, as in hog-cholera, and if the animal survives, 

 these are sloughed off, often leaving sores. If swelling 

 appears externally it is often a herald of improvement. 



Anthrax Fever in Birds. There is inappetenee, ruffling 

 of plumage, sinking of the head in the shoulders, foetid 

 diarrhoea, drooping, trailing wings, tenderness to the touch, 

 muscular weakness, vmsteady walk, inability to perch, livid 

 or black comb and wattles. Sometimes the feathers drop 

 off and swellings appear about the head, throat, or feet. 



Treatment of Bacillar Anthrax. 



This is unsatisfactory, owing to the rapidly fatal action 

 of the poison. The first, cases usually die, the later ones 

 may often be treated with fair success. 



