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COLEMAN NOCKOLDS. 
temperature 103. i° F. Became infested with ticks in February. 
April 24th, no sickness to date. June 24th, is carrying ticks, 
appears well. Aug. 15th, in good health ; has done service. 
Oct. 1st, reported well. 
Bull No. 29. Weight 715 lbs. when inoculated; gained 30 
lbs. No fever period had occurred up to the date of shipment, 
and only one high temperature, 104.1 0 F., on the 21st day after 
the first inoculation. This animal had some fever after arrival 
in Texas, 104.6 on Jan. 9th. This fever occurred at about the 
time for a secondary reaction following the inoculation on Dec. 
8th, but possibly may have been simply shipping fever ; did 
not thrive well for some time. Arrived at ranch safely. Feb. 
10th, found ticks. May 13th, turned with cows; found sick 
June 7th, twenty-five days later; temperature 104° F. Was 
taken away from cows and kept quiet for a couple of weeks and 
was then turned out to service again, and has been well since. 
Reported well Aug. 15th and Oct. 1st. 
{To be continued .) 
DOG DISTEMPER, 
By Coleman Nockolds, M.D., V.S., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Synonyms .—Dog plague ; canine disease; bench show dis¬ 
ease ; typhus fever of the dog. 
Definition .—An infectious disease of the dog, characterized 
clinically by catarrh of the respiratory and digestive tracts, to¬ 
gether with profound muscular and nervous prostration. 
This disease occurs often as an epizootic, especially during 
dog shows. There is no country nor climate in which the dog 
is exempt from distemper. 
Although the dog is the animal most frequently attacked, 
other animals, as the cat, fox, coyote, monkey, hyena, lion, 
tiger, prairie dog, and others, are sometimes the victims of dis¬ 
temper. 
Etiology .—Amongst predisposing causes, cold, young age, 
