SICKNESS AMONG HORSES
[Per United Press Association.! CHRISTCHURCH, March 1. A serious epidemic has broken out among horses in North Canterbury. Animals are being fatally attacked withparalysis in the legs. Tbey fall down and do not rise again. There is' pain in many, and. the symptoms are those of tetanus without the lockjaw. The disease is highly infectious. Animals should be isolated when attacked. , • The. Government officials are investigating the disease.
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Evening Star, Issue 16051, 1 March 1916, Page 2
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71SICKNESS AMONG HORSES Evening Star, Issue 16051, 1 March 1916, Page 2
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