. A treatise on the diseases of the dog; being a manual of canine pathology. Especially adapted for the use of veterinary practitioners and students. Dogs. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. 93 53C, It fined almost exclusively to animals under eight months old; it was pneumonic in nature, and had proved fatal in several fffltih -V Figs. 28, -Parasites of verminous bronchitis. (From Hill on ' Dogs,' after Oslee.) JCss— instances. Fifteen couples were attacked, and twenty-one animals were lost. Three of the couples were old dogs. Symptoms.—" Among the initial symptoms disinclina- tion
. A treatise on the diseases of the dog; being a manual of canine pathology. Especially adapted for the use of veterinary practitioners and students. Dogs. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. 93 53C, It fined almost exclusively to animals under eight months old; it was pneumonic in nature, and had proved fatal in several fffltih -V Figs. 28, -Parasites of verminous bronchitis. (From Hill on ' Dogs,' after Oslee.) JCss— instances. Fifteen couples were attacked, and twenty-one animals were lost. Three of the couples were old dogs. Symptoms.—" Among the initial symptoms disinclina- tion for food and exercise, together with an unsteadiness of gait, amounting in some cases to a subparalytic con- dition of the hinder extremities, were the most evident. In fully half the cases convulsions occurred. There was rarely diarrhoea or any other symptom referable to gastro- intestinal disorder. Cough was not a prominent sym- ptom, being absent in many of the cases; when present it was short and husky, ' not,' as the keeper said, ' the regu- lar distemper cough.' In the case brought to the infir- mary the cough was well marked, and was dry and short. The pulse and respirations were increased and the tempe- rature elevated. Towards the close all food was refused, and even, when fed, the soup was commonly vomited. Death took place in most instances quietly, though some- times during a convulsion, and the keeper noticed that the pups which lasted the longest had the most fits. The duration of the disease ranged from three days to a week or even ten ; It showed itself during remarkably cold weather, and especially among young animals housed in a cold place. Post-mortem examinations were made in eight cases, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Steel, John Henry. New York, J. W
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