When the skin is removed the flesh is found to be black, so far as the swelling is extended, and sometimes almost the whole body is black. The heart and lungs are also black and frothy in some cases. From the time elapsing between the attacks of the different animals it does not seem to be contagious. In addition to the symptoms described, a painful and frequent cough appears in the early stages, with dry, hard and black evacuation from the bowels followed by others quite liquid but still black and very offensive and often bloody. There is no treatment which may be called satisfactory, as a cure very rarely occurs.
Prevention is the only course that can be profitably undertaken.
Avoid all these causes pointed out by which it is originated. If any animal should be attack, immediately isolate it, and disinfect the stable in which it is confined, and bury all the evacuations. Use carbolic acid, dissolved in water, freely scattered around the premises. Bleeding may be resorted to in the early stages, and tonics freely administered. Bark and sulfuric acid may be given under the direction of a veterinary or other physician.