barbone

(bar-bo'na) [It. bearded.] disease of cattle marked by high fever, depre ion, lo of appetite, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth and tongue, dyspnea, and edematous tumefactions on face, neck, shoulders, abdomen, and legs. These swellings consist of a yellow gelatin i form exudate. Death may occur in a few hours and the mortality amounts to 40 or 50 per cent. The disease occurs in young animals in the summer season. Ovoid cocci are found in the blood, saliva, milk, urine, and fetal blood' Barbone may be transmitted to the horse, ox, sheep, pig, guinea-pig, rabbit, pigeon, and turkey. Infection occurs through wounds of the skin, through the digestive mucous membrane, and through the pulmonary ti ue.