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of them, during which they are lifted, first one, then the other, 

 from the ground, and put down again, not exactly with a kick, 

 but rather a paddling like motion. At this stage there is usual- 

 ly a profuse discharge of tears from the eyes, the countenance is 

 one of anxiety and distress, when singularly enough, the mother 

 seems to lose all interest in her offspring, and will not notice it. 

 If the affected animal is required to walk, it will do so with a 

 staggering gait, or will even drop behind, and fall down. 



"The secretion of milk is much diminished, or perhaps 

 stopped altogether. The above may be considered as the 

 symptoms of the first stage, to be followed, however, in some- 

 what rapid succession by those of 



THE SECOND STAGE, 



In which paralysis, and impairment of those organs which con- 

 trol consciousness are most noticeable. The unfortunate animal 

 will lie or fall down, and is often unable to rise, although it may 

 make frequent attempts to do so, but eventually gives up, com- 

 pletely discouraged. At this point the head will be flung 

 around to the right side and kept there persistently. The mus- 

 cles upon the side of the neck become firmly contracted; even 

 when the head is brought, by force, into its natural position a 

 sort of kink will appear in the side of the neck towards which 

 the head is thrown, and which I have seen remain forsome 

 days after the animal was able to walk about. In other in- 

 stances I have seen cases where the animals would rest their 

 heads upon their horns, thrown back against the floor. In 

 these cases care must be taken by the attendant to prevent the 

 animals from breaking off the flints, or horn cores, by the force 

 they occasionally use in flinging their heads about. 



IN THE THIRD STAGE 



The animal drops into a profound sleep, when it will lie almost 

 motionless, breathing it may be, with a loud, snoring sound, the 

 cheeks becoming inflated at every expiration, things go from 

 bad to worse until death eventually closes the scene. Once in a 

 while, though, one will meet with a case where this profound 



