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FLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN CATTLE. 
REPLY TO MR. LEPPER’S INQUIRIES RESPECT- 
ING THE POISONING OF SOME HORSES BY 
ARSENIC. 
By J. C. Truckle, M.R.C.V.S. 
1 must apologise for not replying last month to the 
inquiries of Mr. Lepper, but matters of a private nature, as 
well as a pressure of business, prevented me. 1 am pleased 
to find that I have in any measure contributed to the interest 
of the profession ; also, that I have excited a spirit of inquiry 
among some of my brethren. I beg leave to thank Mr. 
Lepper for his very pertinent inquiries, and nothing would 
afford me so much pleasure as to be able to answer them. 
But at present we are in the dark as to how the horses got 
the poison. The owner suspects a certain individual, and 
believes it to have been given by him maliciously. A reward 
has been offered, and a strict investigation is now being 
carried on. The owner’s bailiff believes it will come to light 
before long. If so, I will, without fail, give you full parti- 
culars. 
I am, Sirs, 
Yours respectfully, &c. 
ON PLEUROPNEUMONIA IN CATTLE. 
By C. Laycock, V.S., Selby, Yorkshire. 
Gentlemen, — Having, for several years, received valuable 
information from your periodical, and contributed but little 
to its pages, I beg again to throw in my mite, if you think it 
worthy of your notice. 
Living in a grazing district, and having had considerable 
experience in that fatal disease, pleuro-pneumonia, allow me 
to offer a few remarks on my mode of treatment generally, 
which perhaps may be of service to the junior members of 
the profession. It would be as well, perhaps, first to state 
the symptoms : the pulse is frequently from 70 to 80, and 
small, the artery having a double action ; the respiration is 
from 30 to 40, and rather catching ; the coat hard and dry ; 
rumination ceased ; frequent cough, with much pain, or 
rather a short grunt, particularly when the spine is pinched, 
