I.ARYNGITIS IN THE DOG. 



Sore throat is chiefly seen in pampered pets and in hunting 

 dogs, as the greyhound. In the latter class it is the result of 

 chills, a cold ducking when heated, cold damp kennels, etc. It is 

 sometimes almost the only manifestation of distemper. 



Symptoms. Dullness, impaired appetite, a slight cough roused 

 by exercise, drinking, pressure on the larynx, etc., becoming 

 more frequent and paroxysmal. These paroxysms give rise to 

 accelerated and panting breathing, rubbing the chops with the 

 paw and if severe, to the ejection of a glairy yellow (bilious) 

 material from the stomach. There is also running from the nose 

 and frequerit sneezing. The dull muffled bark, has led to the 

 supposition of rabies but it has no resemblance whatever to the 

 characteristic cry of rabies which beginning like an impulsive 

 bark merges into an agonized and baffled howl. Accelerated 

 pulse, elevated temperature, reddened fauces and swollen tonsils 

 are marked symptoms. Expectoration is usually swallowed. 



Sometimes a short, dry cough obstinately remains after the 

 disease has apparently subsided. The acute disease may last 8 or 

 lo days. 



Treatment. Attend to general comfort, steam the nostrils, 

 give a laxative if costive, and follow with iodide of potassium or 

 salammoniac (5 grains) repeated thrice daily. Apply a mustard 

 poultice to the throat. Astringent, sedative, antiseptic sprays 

 are even more applicable and successful than in the horse. 

 Friedberger and Frohner advises morphine chloride i to 2 deci- 

 grams, bitter almond water and distilled water, of each 20 grams : 

 dose 10 to 15 drops thrice daily. 



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