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ence of the disease is indicated by cold shivering, last- 
ing several hours; frequent sneezing, followed by loss 
of appetite; rough appearance of the hair; drooping 
of the ears; stupidness ; attempts to vomit; tendency 
to root the bedding and to lie down in dark and quiet 
places; dullness of the eyes, often dim; sometimes 
swelling of the head; eruptions on the ears and other 
parts of the body; dizziness; laborious breathing ; 
vitiated appetite for dung and for dirty and salty sub- 
stances ; accumulation of mucus in the inner corner 
of the eye and a discharge from the nose ; fetid, offen- 
sive discharge from the bowels, offensive exhalations ; 
semi-fluid diarrheal discharges of grayish green color, 
often mixed with blood. In many eases, the skin on 
the belly between the hind legs, behind the ears, and 
even on the nose, has numerous red spots, which to- 
ward the fatal termination of the disease turn purple. 
As the disease progresses, the animal becomes sluggish, 
the head droops, with the nose hidden in the bedding. 
If there has been costiveness, about two days before 
death there will be offensive, fetid discharges from the 
bowels; the voice becomes hoarse; the animal is stupid; 
emaciation increases rapidly ; the skin becomes hard, 
dry and unclean; there is a cold, clammy sweat, and 
death soon follows, attended by convulsions, or comes 
on gradually from exhaustion without a struggle. In 
chronic cases or those of long duration, the animal 
becomes weak, lies down most of the time, eats but 
little and has diarrhea. These cases may linger for 
weeks, scattering the poison of the disease wherever 
they go.” 
