In describing the acute form of lupinosis Pammel adds that the initial
temperature may be as high as 104° to 106° F., but that it is
intermittent and gradually falls just before death. The pulse may reach
130 per minute and the respirations 100. A bloody froth may issue from
the nostrils. Animals apparently prefer the recumbent position, extend
the head on the ground, and seem entirely oblivious to all surroundings.
At first there is constipation, but later diarrhœa may set in and the
excreta be tinged with blood. In the chronic form the symptoms are not
so violent. Jaundice may be entirely absent, and emaciation and anæmia
may be the chief signs.
Chesnut and Wilcox record a case in which two sheep were each given 150
medium-sized pods of a native lupine, and seemed to like them. In 45
minutes, however, they became frenzied and died an hour later. They give
the symptoms as practically the same as those caused by European species
of _Lupinus_; acute cerebral congestion, with great mental excitement,
the sheep rushing about and butting into things; following is a stage
characterized by irregularity of movement, violent spasms, and falling
fits; in most cases collapse and death occur within half-an-hour to an
hour and a half; the pulse is strong and regular; the convulsions
resemble to some extent those caused by strychnine; the excretion of the
kidneys is much increased and sometimes bloody. In post-mortem
examination the kidneys are found affected, the lungs slightly
congested, the cerebral membranes in all cases congested, and in violent
cases small blood vessels are ruptured in different parts of the body.
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213.
=“Java” Beans= (_Phaseolus lunatus_). Though not native to Great
Britain, the so-called Java Beans have been imported in considerable
quantities for stock feeding, and in the past nine years have caused the
death of a large number of animals. For example, in March, 1906, the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries published an account of the poisoning
of animals by these beans at eight centres; at six of the centres 133
cattle were involved and 43 died. The beans are of varying origin, and
pass under the name of Java beans, Rangoon beans, Burma beans, Lima
beans, and Paigya beans. They are considerably different in colour
according to origin, the _Java_ beans being pale brown to almost black;
_Rangoon_, _Burma_ or _Paigya_ beans smaller, plumper, and lighter in
colour (“red Rangoon beans” are pinkish with small purple splotches, and
“white Rangoon beans” are pale cream); and _Lima_ beans are much larger
than the last-named and pale cream or white in colour (see
Frontispiece).
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