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at<Ml; temperatiuv normal; and in the cow the flow of 

 milk is greatly decreased. The animal may die in 1 to 4 

 hours or may recover in from 2 to 8 days. When toxic 

 gases, alkaloids or glucosides are rapidly forming death 

 may occur in a comparatively short time. 



Treatment may be preventative or curative. Avoid 

 over- feeding of concentrates; such as corn, cotton-seed 

 meal, oats, wheat etc., and decayed, moldy, rotton feed. 

 But it is most diflicult to prevent cattle from goniiig 

 too mudi green feed ^^•hen they accidentally get iuto tlie 

 corn, sorghum, pea patch or clover. Prevention means 

 continual care anti watchfuluess. Change from dry to 

 o-reeu feed iiraduallv. Curative remedies are directed 

 toward removing the undigested food and preventing fer- 

 mentation and death while removing these materials 

 from the alimentary canal. If the animal can swallow, 

 give 1 to 2 lbs. Epsom salts and 10 to 20 drops of croton 

 oil in oue quart of water; do not repeat this under 12 to 

 24 houi-s. Follow or precede this with 1 tables} -oc^nCul 

 of strong creolin in 1 quart of water. If you have noth- 

 inji' elvse and the animal continues to bloat or swell, 

 repeat the creolin solution every two hours until the 

 bloating ceases. If you have no creolin, dissolve as much 

 table salt as you can in two quarts of warm water and 

 give 2 (luarts of salt water every 3 or 4 hours. II you 

 have no Epsom salts give 1 to 2 pints of raw linseed oil, 

 or castor oil, or cotton seed oil, or melted (not hot ) lard. 

 Remember, do not repeat the dose of Epsom salts or 

 oil under 12 to 24 hours. 



In case the animal is greatly swollen and abonr to 

 die before purgatives and antiseptics can act, then you 

 can puncture the rumen with a trocar and canula or a 

 knife. This should be done on the left side some -.vhere 

 Ij^tween the hip point (haunch) and the last rib. 

 Cleanse the left flank with soap and water and weak 

 creolin solution; cut an opening through skin, about 



