Forage Poisoning 89 



For 1000 pound live weight give either 3 times daily in 11/2 pint 

 of warm water. 



The above should check the bowels after a purgative as recommend- 

 ed under diarrhoea. , 



Bismuth sub-nitrate is costly but may be used to check the bowels. 

 Give 3 to 4 drams (3 to 4 teaspoonsful) 3 times daily till the bowels 

 check and hold the bowels in check by I/2 pint of wheat flour given 3 

 times daily. 



FORAGE POISONING AND BRAIN TROU- 

 BLES OF CATTLE 



{Corn Stalk Disease) 



Brain troubles not only of cattle but of all live stock in most cases 

 are caused by the food. It is a recognized fact among most veterinar- 

 ians and stockmen that most brain troubles are due to troubles of the 

 stomach. Stupor and brain disorder may develop solely due to the feed. 

 So whenever the brain is effected look for stunted feed by excessive wet, 

 drouth, or frost or mouldy improperly cured feeds for often therein lies 

 the whole trouble. In dry years stock often consume a large portion 

 of the stalks that would not be eaten under ordinary conditions. This 

 makes a large per cent of indigestible food in proportion to the leaves 

 and apparently causes a sort of chronic constipation which develops 

 into brain troubles. Second growth and sometimes first growth cane and 

 similar forages contain prussic acid, a deadly poison. 



The molds on fodder and ensilage and in fact any decaying vegetable 

 or plant material sometimes form ptomaine poisons. These are the poi- 

 sons found in canned vegetables that have kept improperly. 



These causes are not infrequent causes of brain disorders in stock. 

 Salt is excellent to stimulate gastric secretions and its use has a ten- 

 dency to avoid chronic constipation. 



Corn stalk diseases may be confused with black leg or hemorrhagic 

 septicemia. 



Brain disorders are sometimes caused by injury to the spine or cen- 

 tral nervous system. 



