| Disease | THE DOSE INDICATED WAS GIVEN OVER A COURSE OF 19 HOURS. SYMPTOMS WERE: THE SHEEP DEVELOPED A SEVERE TYMPANITES AFTER THE FIRST DOSE. AT THE TIME THE SECOND DOSE WAS GIVEN THE SHEEP HAD APPARENTLY RECOVERED.
VERY SHORTLY AFTER BEING DRENCHED FOR THE SECOND TIME THE ANIMAL AGAIN DEVELOPED A VERY SEVERE TYMPANITES AND DIED 4 HOURS LATER.
POST-MORTEM:GENERAL CYANOSIS,ASCITES,HYDROTHORAX,HYDROPERICARDIUM,HYPEREMIA OF THE MUCOSA OF THE TRACHEA AND BRONCHI,SEVERE HYPEREMIA,EDEMA AND EMPHYSEMA OF THE LUNGS,SLIGHT RECESSIVE CHANGES IN THE MYOCARDIUM.
HYPEREMIA OF AND REGRESSIVE CHANGES IN THE LIVER AND KIDNEYS,SEVERE TYMPANITES OF THE RUMEN. BASED ON THESE FINDINGS IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES, AS A RESULT OF THE ANIMAL BEING DRENCHED, WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH. |