Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-02-01
DISEASES OF THE HORSE,
BY I. TURcor v. 9.

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1t is characterized by an early eleva-
ton of temperature, not unusually
changing from that of normal to lO4 to
lO7 ,, or even higher within twenty
four hours. The pulse is usually feeble
soft and quick. but not frequent. The
animal will have detected appearance
in the face. There may be an early
chill, followed by sudden and marked
debility. The head droops the muscles
relax and the animal becomes very
weak, sometimes crossing his lips, or
ii forced to move reel or stagger as he
walks. There are also elementary
symptoms, which i'll my experience are
especially characteristic, namely.
tracheal, bronchial, or pulmonary
catarrh and continued fever, either of
which may predominant, but usually
the latter. The animal appears to I've
suffering from pain IN the head (head-
ache,) partial deafness from ringing
i'll the ears, dimness of vision from
swelling of the eyelids and the mem
Drama nictilans, pains in the nasal
slnuses from swelling of the. mucous
membrane lining them. The animal
rapidly loses strength without losing
flesh, When the critical stage has
passed, the debility is generally very
extreme, and the loss of flesh most
marked. Indeed. it is common
observation that a horse in which the
fever has abated and convalescence
commenced, CLOCKS as if the flesh has
melted off his bones.''
In some cases early symptoms may
be mistaken for spasmodic collie. The
horse will paw, kick, get up and down
frequently, but gently, not throwing
himself down as if really suffering
from collie. The symptoms are OF
short duration, and the animal then
soon assumes the upright position
but with dropping head and detected
countenance. a low and debilitatinp
fever typhoid in character) with ex.
ternal muscular debility soon follows
The schneiderian membrane, the mem.
Drana nictitans and other visible mem.
branes becomes greatly injected. The
eyellds becomes swoolen sometimes to
an alarming extent often being entirely
closed. A watery secretion and often
pus is discharged from them, and from
the nasal passages catarrhal discharge
excoriating in character. The smell is
impaired and the throat sore. The
cough when present, as it generally is,
is harassing.
Exploration of the chest reveals
nothing uncommon, unless pleurisy Tor
pneumonia complicate the case, and
when present, they are usually of a
Typhoid type" and are not accompani-
ed by some Of their marked symptoms;
for instance the severe pain of pleurisy
nasty brick dust' sputum of pneu-
monia may be entirely absent. Capil-
larry bronchitis may also intervene.
These three conditions are not as rule
found in the early stage of the disease
but more often secondary, following
as sequence rather than being COM
plications.
The digestive organs may also
be affected, and diarrhea be present.
Ii SO, and when of not too long dura-
zion, it may be beneficial to assist
nature in eliminating the poison from
the system. The urine is scanty, tur-
bid land heavy with urates, and is
voided with some difficulty, which may
be due to the fact that the animal finds
1t difficult to assume the proper posi-
ton for the act, owing to the weakness
and soreness of the muscles.
A horse suffering from influenza
seldom if ever lies down, not because
OF embarrassment to respiration. as in
pneumonia, but because of the general
soreness and stiffness of the muscles,
and Of the extreme debility.
The animal apparently knows that
if he gets down he viii be unable to
rise again, he may become SO weakened