RABIES IN CATTLE. 
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well dilated, eyes amaurotic, ears always on the alert to catch 
a sound, if she hears a dog she generally has a bellowing fit. 
April 26th, she is very violent, having these awful spasms 
every few minutes, gives a few shrill bellows then drops, power¬ 
less, eyes almost forced out of their sockets. She makes 
forced attempts to drink, running her nose deep into the pail, 
making that sound as if swallowing, but upon examination 
the quantity of water is not diminished. After these unsuc¬ 
cessful attempts she upsets the bucket. When attempting to 
eat she would generally take her bedding, roll it around in 
her mouth, with a profuse flow of saliva. When suddenly 
approaching her she would draw back, then make a lunge and 
drop in a spasm, and if you would come up behind her she 
would kick aimlessly at you. She will lick anything you place 
before her, will also pick up foreign substances and chew them. 
April 27th, very much weaker, her spasms last longer and 
she is less capable of rising after she drops down. 
April 28th, dropped at 5 A. M.; unable to drink, although 
she makes great efforts to do so; she raises her head with dif¬ 
ficulty, respiration difficult, eyes glaring, salivation increased, 
very emaciated, bellowing less, and more labored, unconscious 
to the surroundings. 
April 29th, cow very much debilitated, was given feed at 
6 A. M., but went into severe paroxysms in attempting to 
eat, dyspnoea well marked, unable to rise, in fact was down 
for two days. Death took place on the evening of this date— 
thus she lived without food for seven days. 
Post Mortem .—No tympanitis, slight, peritonitis ; the ru¬ 
men and reticulum were filled with grass and straw in a 
putrefied condition; the mucosa very black, omasum as hard 
as a rock, was thoroughly impacted; abomasum contained 
small quantity of food in partially digested condition. Liver 
very hard and brittle to touch, gall bladder greatly distended, 
bile being of a thick stringy consistency ; spleen about normal; 
kidneys apparently normal; bladder greatly distended with a 
light colored urine; lungs healthy, except a slight congestion 
from lying down. The blood in general was very dark and 
coagulated quite firmly. The larynx slightly congested, prob- 
