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Symptoms. The 



symptoms are still less 

 marked than in the pig, 

 and in ordinary cases of 

 infection always escape 

 observation. Stiles, how- 

 ever, o-ives the following- 

 account of a case experi- 

 mentally infected : — 



"Symptoms. Four 

 days after feeding seg- 

 ments of T. Mf/inata to 

 a healthy three-months- 

 old calf, the patient 

 showed a higher tem- 

 perature (the . normal 

 temperature was 39-2° 

 C). The calf ate but 

 little on that day, showed 

 an accelerated pulse, 

 swollen belly, staring 

 coat, and upon pressure 

 on the sides showed signs 

 of pain. The next day 

 the animal was more 

 lively, ate a little, and 

 for nine days later did 

 not show any special 

 symptoms except pain 

 on pressure of the abdo- 

 minal walls, and a slight 

 fever. Nine days after 

 the infection the tem- 

 perature was -iO'T'' C, 

 pulse 86, respiration 22 ; 

 the calf laid down most 

 of the time, lost its ap- 

 petite almost entirely, 

 and groaned consider- 

 ably. When driven it 

 showed a stiff gait and 

 evident pain in the side. 

 The fever increased 

 D.c. 



