. Fig. 205.—The shaded areas of the above map indicate the distribution of braxy. in consistence. The carcase decomposes very rapidly; within a short time of death the belly is distended with gas, the rectum protrudes at the anus; the skin assumes a bluish colour in places, and the wool falls out; sometimes the skin bursts, revealing the presence in the sub- cutaneous tissue of a sero-haemorrhagic fluid. Braxy is, then, a primary violent hsemorrhagic inflammation of the abomasum, with or without secondary general infection. From careful study it seems quite certain that the Scottish " bra
. Fig. 205.—The shaded areas of the above map indicate the distribution of braxy. in consistence. The carcase decomposes very rapidly; within a short time of death the belly is distended with gas, the rectum protrudes at the anus; the skin assumes a bluish colour in places, and the wool falls out; sometimes the skin bursts, revealing the presence in the sub- cutaneous tissue of a sero-haemorrhagic fluid. Braxy is, then, a primary violent hsemorrhagic inflammation of the abomasum, with or without secondary general infection. From careful study it seems quite certain that the Scottish " braxy is identical with the Norwegian and Icelandic " bradsot " ; it appears at
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