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By FREDERICK HOBDAY, F.R.C. V.S. 'Rbyal Veterinary College, L ondon. THE patient, a neuter cat, about two years old , was in the habit of sleeping on a shelf near the projecting tap handles (one of which was loose and easily turned ) of a gas cooker, and the cat had been observed to play with this handle and partially turn it on on more than one occasion . The room in which this cooker was placed was a small one, and one morning on opening the door the owner of the premises found the room full of gas and the cat lying on the floor unconscious. The windows and doors were opened, and the gas allowed to escape. The cat was taken into the open air , and in about a quarter of an h our recovered sufficiently to walk away. The gas tap wa~ found fuiI on , having been , it is reasona bly surmised, in view of the above-mentioned observation, turned on by the cat .
Anthrax Amongst Pigs Caused by Eating Raw Flesh of a Steer. By E. 'MORGAN, F.R.C.V.S., D.V.H. Venezuela. EARLY this year, while travelling in some remote p arts of Venezuela, examining and inj ecting h orses with Naganol (Bayer 205) as a preventive against Mal-de-Caderas, my attention was drawn at one place to several carcases of pigs around the yards, and one or two pigs almost expiring. During a conversation with the owner of the pl ace, a young pig of about three months appeared ma king an abnormal sound during his efforts t o breathe, and when urged t o run dropped down and a lmost suffocated. Upon examining the animal one could very easily see · extensive swelling of the throat and neck. Eventually it got on its feet and slowly walked away gasping for breath. The owner informed me tha t a few days previously a cattletrooper had arrived there with a mob of steers, and in the late evening one of the steers collapsed while grazing in the savannah n ear the house and immediately died . This steer, like all the others, was apparently well a few hours before. The trooper offered him the steer for consumption, thinking that it was simply a case of exh austion as a result of having travelled in the heat of the day without sufficient water to drink, being the dry season. This offer was wisely refused by the crofter , who n oticed that the carcase soon increased in volume, and on a smaller scale resembled Sir Baden Powell's elephant which
Gassed. ,
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By FREDERICK HOBDAY, F.R.C. V.S. 'Rbyal Veterinary College, L ondon. THE patient, a neuter cat, about two years old , was in the habit of sleeping on a shelf near the projecting tap handles (one of which was loose and easily turned ) of a gas cooker, and the cat had been observed to play with this handle and partially turn it on on more than one occasion . The room in which this cooker was placed was a small one, and one morning on opening the door the owner of the premises found the room full of gas and the cat lying on the floor unconscious. The windows and doors were opened, and the gas allowed to escape. The cat was taken into the open air , and in about a quarter of an h our recovered sufficiently to walk away. The gas tap wa~ found fuiI on , having been , it is reasona bly surmised, in view of the above-mentioned observation, turned on by the cat .
Anthrax Amongst Pigs Caused by Eating Raw Flesh of a Steer. By E. 'MORGAN, F.R.C.V.S., D.V.H. Venezuela. EARLY this year, while travelling in some remote p arts of Venezuela, examining and inj ecting h orses with Naganol (Bayer 205) as a preventive against Mal-de-Caderas, my attention was drawn at one place to several carcases of pigs around the yards, and one or two pigs almost expiring. During a conversation with the owner of the pl ace, a young pig of about three months appeared ma king an abnormal sound during his efforts t o breathe, and when urged t o run dropped down and a lmost suffocated. Upon examining the animal one could very easily see · extensive swelling of the throat and neck. Eventually it got on its feet and slowly walked away gasping for breath. The owner informed me tha t a few days previously a cattletrooper had arrived there with a mob of steers, and in the late evening one of the steers collapsed while grazing in the savannah n ear the house and immediately died . This steer, like all the others, was apparently well a few hours before. The trooper offered him the steer for consumption, thinking that it was simply a case of exh austion as a result of having travelled in the heat of the day without sufficient water to drink, being the dry season. This offer was wisely refused by the crofter , who n oticed that the carcase soon increased in volume, and on a smaller scale resembled Sir Baden Powell's elephant which