CANINE DISTEMPER. 
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Symptoms of the catarrhal form .—At first you may notice 
ivering, dullness and febrile symptoms, such as dry nose, thirst, 
fick pulse, although sometimes before this sneezing often'occurs; 
e appetite may be lost, or only partial; the urine scanty and 
rk; a discharge of tears from the eyes and a swelling of the 
elids; the nose also discharges a thin mucus, and the discharge 
cun the eyes and nose finally become purulent. These symp- 
ms may all he present, but in some very mild cases all that may 
: noticed is the discharge from the eyes, maybe with a slight 
ugh and little or no impairment of the appetite. In other 
ses the symptoms are more severe ; conjunctivitis may set in ; 
aeration of the cornea and an escape of the aqueous humor may 
cur. The disease is usually in the form of a bronchial catarrh, 
solving the nasal passages to a greater or less extent; this is 
ually accompanied at first with sneezing, or very often a dry 
ugh, which afterwards becomes moist; the cough is continued 
short intervals, or it may come on in fits; the dog becomes dull, 
tless, and likes to hide away from the light. This is seen 
pecially where the eyes are involved. In some cases the disease 
ly be of a mild form, such as a slight febrile condition ; the nose 
y, and perhaps a few tears from the eyes. 
The catarrhal form may be also complicated with gastric 
itability; food is not retained in the stomach, and the vomit 
of a yellow, tenacious character; in some cases even water is not 
tained. In these cases the liver is usually more or less involved, 
ing torpid. This state of affairs may exist even when there are 
tie or no catarrhal symptoms. In other cases the bowels may 
irritable, and diarrhoea or a dysenteric discharge, which lias a 
ry bad odor, may ensue. In cases of this kind the result is 
nerally serious, and unless quick attention is bestowed the 
tient may last but a short time. The irritability may be so 
eat as to cause gastritis or entiritis; this is especially seen 
lere dogs have been improperly fed, that is to say, where the 
)d has been of a coarse kind. 
Pneumonia may also be a complication. This is diagnosed 
the manner in which the dog breathes—the cheeks puff and 
k in expiration and inspiration ; the eye sinks in the head, 
