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ble to man and goat. Young pigs are thought to be most li- 

 able. The eruption appears inside the forearm and thighs 

 and is usually preceded by considerable fever. It is discrete 

 or confluent like Sheep-pox and the severity corresponds. 

 The duration of the mild forms is twelve to fifteen days. 

 Treatment is similar to that of 8heep-pox and the same 

 precautions should be taken to prevent its dissemination. 



DOG-POX. 



These animals sometimes contract Small-pox or SJiecp-pox 

 and have been supposed to have their own specific form 

 besides. The young suffer most frequently and severely. 

 There is the usual preliminary fever with an eruption on 

 the sides and belly, passing from pimples to vesicles and 

 pustules, and finally drying up into crusts which drop off. 

 The eruption may be discrete or confluent, the latter being 

 very fatal. Similar preventive measures are demanded as 

 in the other forms of pox. 



BIED-POX. 



Birds seem susceptible to different forms of variola, hav- 

 ing contracted the disease from man in some cases, and in 

 others conveyed it to the sheep. Chickens failed to con- 

 tract Ooiv-pox in the experiments of EoU and myself. It 

 has proved very fatal in chickens, but very slightly so in 

 pigeons, turkeys and geese. The eruption appears mainly 

 on the head, under the wing, on the tongue, or in the 

 pharynx. In fatal cases death ensued in four or five days. 

 Treatment would rarely be desirable, the great point being 

 to stamp out the malady by destroying the diseased and 

 disinfecting the place. 



APHTHOUS FEVEE. — FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 



A contagious eruptive fever, attacking cloven-footed ani- 



nals and communicable to other warm-blooded animals, 



including even man. Its special feature is the eraption 



•of blisters in the mouth, on the udder and teats and on the 



