EAYLESS GOLDENROD AS A POISONOUS PLANT 
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-5.— Steer No. 851 on October 31, 
4.45 p. m. 
five minutes, when his shoulder muscles began to shake violently and 
he lay down. The trembling ceased after he lay down. 
October 31 at 8.22 a. m. he was helped to his feet and began to eat, 
grating his teeth. He stood for about five minutes, then went down, 
being too weak to stand. He was 
down during the day, occasionally 
grating his teeth. At 5 p. m. he 
got up, was pushed to the water- 
ing trough, and drank a large 
quantity, then lay down again. 
Figure 5, taken at 4.45 p. m., 
shows the general condition at 
that time. 
November 1 at 10.30 a. m., by 
the use of an electric prodding 
pole, he was made to get up and 
move about the corral. After 
going around five or six times he 
fell to his knees and then lay down. While standing the muscles of 
the shoulders, forelegs, and neck trembled, and when driven about 
he bellowed. 
November 2 at 11.32 p. m. he attempted to walk, staggered a few 
feet, and fell. When lying down he held his head extended, with nose 
resting on the ground. This attitude is shown in Figure 6, a pic- 
ture taken at 11 a. m. 
November 3 at 3.39 p. m. he attempted to get up and fell over on 
his side, but with help was able to right himself. At 5.40 he was on 
his side. The pulse during the day was rapid most of the time but 
the rate of the respiration was normal. After this he did not get up 
but remained on his side, and died 
at 12.43 p. m., November 4, with- 
out struggling. 
In this animal the temperature 
remained normal during the course 
of the illness, but in others there 
was a drop shortly before death. 
In the autopsy, w T hich was made 
immediately after death, the heart 
was found in diastole. There was 
congestion in the fourth stomach, 
the duodenum, the jejunum, the 
ileum, and the rectum. The liver 
was pale, the bile dark and viscid. 
The left kidney and left lung were congested. The brain was con- 
gested and the blood vessels of the spinal column full. 
Nov. 2, 
TYPICAL CASE OF SHEEP NO. 589 
Sheep No. 589 (fig. 8) w T as a yearling wether which had been 
received at the experiment station June 5, 1920, and kept in the 
pasture. 
June 20, 1920. The animal was kept in the corrals, and weighed 
at that time 85 pounds. He was kept under observation and not a- 
