DISEASES OF LIVE STOCK 285 



is the most available vehicle for the purpose, and care 

 must be used not to allow the neck of the bottle to 

 get between the grinding teeth of the animal, lest the 

 bottle be broken and the animal injured by glass. 



If a cow which is being treated coughs, the head 

 must be lowered at once, lest the animal choke or some 

 of the liquor be forced down the windpipe into the 

 lungs, causing serious injury and possibly pneumonia. 

 Raise the animal's head gently to an angle of about 45 

 degrees, push the bottle neck into the right side of the 

 mouth so that it rests on the middle of the tongue and, 

 allow the contents slowly to run out. Usually between 

 a pint and a quart of fluid is all that is necessary to carry 

 the medicines into the animal's stomach. In impaction 

 of the stomach, however, the dose may be as much as a 

 gallon or even more. 



See that all crystals are completely dissolved in the 

 liquor before giving it, so that they may be carried into 

 the stomach and not be left in the mouth. If it is de- 

 sirable to administer through the bowels it may be 

 done with a syringe or by means of a piece of common 

 rubber hose four or five feet long. Oil or soap 

 the hose and push it carefully into the rectum, leaving 

 a foot or eighteen inches outside. Elevate this and use 

 a tin funnel through which the medicine may be poured 

 and it will find its way by gravity into the bowels. 



Do not give liquid medicines through the nostrils. 

 Many a valuable animal has been killed by this prac- 

 tice. 



