328 THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



and chronic glanders are transmissible to the carnivora by 

 inoculation.* 



" Some of the larger carnivora, such as the lion, have re- 

 ceived the disease through consuming the flesh of glandered 

 horses." 



SMALL-POX (VARioLiE Canine.) 



Variola of the dog is by no means a frequent disease in 

 this country, and there is but little to be found in English 

 veterinary literature on the subject. 



Youatt describes the malady as follows : 



" The essential symptoms of small-pox in dogs succeed 

 each other in the following order : the skin of the belly, the 

 groin, and the inside of the forearm becomes of a redder 

 color than in its natural state, and sprinkled with small red 

 spots, irregularly rounded. They are sometimes isolated, 

 sometimes clustered together. The near approach of this 

 eruption is announced by an increase of fever. 



" On the second day the spots are larger, and the integu- 

 ment is slightly tumefied at the centre of each. 



" On the third day the spots are generally enlarged, and 

 the skin is still more prominent at the centre. 



" On the fourth day the summit of the tumor is yet more 

 prominent. Towards the end of that day, the redness of the 

 centre begins to assume a somewhat grey color. On the 

 following days the pustules take on their peculiar character- 

 istic appearance, and cannot b& confounded with any other 

 eruption. On the summit is a white circular point, corre- 

 sponding with a certain quantity of nearly transparent fluid 

 which it contains, and covered by a thin and transparent 

 pellicle. This fluid becomes less and less transparent, until 

 it acquires the color and consistence of pus. The pustule, 

 during its serous state, is of a rounded form. It is flattened 



t " Journal de M^d. Vet, Militaire," 1863. 



