RABIES IN CATTLE. 
685 
Observation: When I saw her she was in poor condi¬ 
tion, standing as if gazing at some distant object; but she 
suddenly awoke, as it were, and made a lunge at us. 1 placed 
a bucket of water in front of her, but it made her rave, and 
she threw it twenty feet from her; gave her a second pail, 
and she repeated the act. 
Would pick up foreign substances and chew them. Sali¬ 
vation well marked, spasmodic squirts of urine in small quan¬ 
tity, involuntary flow of watery fasces, oestrum well marked 
by mucus discharge, pupils dilated, eyes bulging, ears pointed 
as if listening, she would have spasms and fall down, would 
buck and tear the ground where the water spilled. 
Very emaciated, perfectly dry, would give those pierc¬ 
ing bellows, upon approach of a dog she would go frantic. 
There was a constant shivering of the muscles of the head 
and neck, also anterior extremities and an amaurotic condi¬ 
tion of the eyes, which would give no reaction when touched 
with the finger, would also kick out aimlessly. 
There was no history of mad dog, but as the cow is in 
the pasture permanently throughout the summer, and is seen 
only when milked, this statement cannot be verified. She 
received other food beside the pasture grass. 
I shot her on the spot, and made but a very superficial 
microscopical examination, which was negative as regards 
lesions. 
The blood was dark, but upon striking the air readily ox¬ 
idized, and was a light arterial color and foamy. 
In going to the next case I will simply state that she was 
a thoroughbred Jersey, about three years old (no calf), in 
good condition, giving good supply of milk; the history and 
symptoms were almost identical with the above case, so there 
is no need of repeating same. No mad dog in this case. 
The only difference was, she was loose in a yard, and had 
broken her horns, and cut and bruised her face and body ; 
she also acted the same towards a bucket of water. Blood 
in exactlv the same condition. 
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