58 THE DISEASES OP THE DOG. 



were found in the various organs. Local diphtheria had 

 occurred followed by secondary general diphtheria ('Veter- 

 inary Journal/ 1875). 



Eczema Bpizootica is transmissible to the dog, and 

 cases are recorded in which it has resulted from consump- 

 tion of milk of affected animals. Veterinary Surgeon D. 0. 

 Pallin related a serious case in a cat in which the palate 

 was much disorganised, and which originated in this way. 



Bilapsing Feveb, " Sueka," has been conveyed by 

 inoculation to dogs. The spiral organisms found in the 

 blood in that affection propagate their species, and are 





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Fig. 22.— Surra organisms, " Spirilloids." 



very active in the blood of the dog. The period of incu- 

 bation is about ten days, the relapsing character of the 

 fever is well marked, and at length the animal dies from 

 exhaustion. 



Antheax, although not very frequent in carnivora, yet 

 is seen in the dog more often than is generally supposed. 

 It is liable to result when dogs have access to the evacu- 

 ations of cattle affected with the intestinal form of anthrax, 

 also from consumption of uncooked flesh of animals 

 which have succumbed to either of the varieties of this 

 formidable disorder. Perhaps the form most frequently 

 assumed by anthrax in the dog is the intestinal, in which 

 the animal suffers colicky pains; the evacuations from the 

 bowels are mixed with blood ; sanguineous matter may be 

 expelled from the stomach by vomition, convulsions ensue 

 after a period of deep depression, and the animal speedily 

 dies. It is remarked that recovery takes place more fre- 

 quently in the dog than in herbivora, and, moreover, 



