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halter, leaning on tlie side of the staU, if at work unsteady 

 movement, colicky pains, lying down and rising, turning 

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

 the hide tense, and may even crepitate on handhng; it 

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

 eyes and nose assume a yellow or reddish or brownish- 

 yeUow 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 pufl'y. Great weakness comes on and the patient 

 dies in convulsions or during the subsequent cahn. 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, 

 trembles, has partial sweats, staring coat, varying heat of 

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

 fence, or hes with the head turned to the flank. A high 

 temperature (105° to 107°) precedes the outward symp- 

 toms by hours or days. The eye is sunken, dull, watery 

 with the shades of brown and yellow, and dark spots, re- 

 marked in the horse ; breathing hurried, heart's action 

 violent, pulse weak, loins and back tender or even crepi- 

 tating, urine bloody, bloody liquids escape from nose, 

 anus or eyes, and the dung is streaked with blood. As the 

 disease advances the temperature of the 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. 



Anthrax Fever in Sheep. Blood- Strildng. Braxy. Is very 

 promptly fatal, the dead and already foetid carcasses being 

 usually found in the morning tnough the flock was appar- 

 ently weU at night. The black, tarry blood brightening very 

 slowly on exposure, the enlarged spleen and mesenteric 

 glands, the red, puffy, softened membrane of the bowels and 



