. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. DISEASES OF THE OX AND SHEEP. 417 By pleurisy we understand an inflammation of the serous lining of the chest walls and of the serous lining of the lungs themselves. This lining membrane is termed the pleura. Pleurisy seldom occurs alone in the ox, for it is nearly always accompanied by inflammation of the lungs in greater or less degree. Inflammation of the lining of the chest is in most cases due to cold and damp, but it may result from injury, and not s^^f^te. Fig. 50.—Acute Pleurisy. This picture repres
. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. DISEASES OF THE OX AND SHEEP. 417 By pleurisy we understand an inflammation of the serous lining of the chest walls and of the serous lining of the lungs themselves. This lining membrane is termed the pleura. Pleurisy seldom occurs alone in the ox, for it is nearly always accompanied by inflammation of the lungs in greater or less degree. Inflammation of the lining of the chest is in most cases due to cold and damp, but it may result from injury, and not s^^f^te. Fig. 50.—Acute Pleurisy. This picture represents an ox suffering from acute pleurisy. uncommonly it, with pulmonary collapse, is a complication of cases of acute rheumatism, as may also be the case in man. (See remarks on Felon.) The disease sets in with the manifestation of febrile symptoms, the pulse is felt to be small in calibre but firm in character, and in number it reaches sixty to seventy per minute. The breathing in animals suffering from pleurisy is characteristic. The chest walls move but little, the inspirations are shallow and short, while the expirations are accomplished with greater ease, and are more prolonged. The whole chest is kept, as it were, fixed, and the walls of the belly are observed to move more in breathings- in this way the animal compensates for the shallow motions of the chest walls. The sides of the chest are very tender to the touch, and the animal manifests great pain, if he be pressed upon between the ribs. If the ear be applied to the affected side, or sides, for 27. 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 Gresswell, George; Gresswell, Albert. London, Allen
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