Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine

by G. Moussu; Jno. A. W. Dollar

Fig. 103.—Narrow-leaf laurel (Kalmia angustifolia), showing flowering branch, one-third natural size.

Fig. 104.—Broad-leaf laurel (Kalmia latifolia). a, Flowering spray, one-third natural size; b, vertical section of flower showing peculiar attachment of stamens, natural size; c, fruiting capsules, natural size.

POISONING BY HEMLOCK AND WILD CHERVIL (ANTHRISCUS SYLVESTRIS).

Poisoning only results from ingestion of the green plants. It is characterised by salivation, nausea, dyspnœa, generalised trembling and vertigo, paraplegia, and symptoms of gastro-enteritis.

POISONING BY FENNEL.

Fig. 105.—Branch ivy (Leucothoë catesbæi). a, Flowering branch; b, fruiting capsules.

This disease, seen in Algeria, and recently studied by Bremond and Bojoly, need only be mentioned. The information at present available is indefinite, and the symptoms so closely resemble those of Texas fever that there seems a possibility of confusion having arisen.