Diseases, Parasites, &C3Q9 



day. When the diarrhoea was present I mixed arrow- 

 root or Oswego cornflour with the milk. Goats will often 

 take sloppy food like this very readily in illness when 

 they would not touch it in health. Dry bread is usually 

 eaten with a relish at this time, though corn of any kind 

 is nearly always refused. 



Mr. Arthur Gill, M.R.C.V.S., of Bexley Heath, one 

 of the' present veterinary surgeons to the British Goat 

 Society, and one who has had much practical experience 

 with goats, both in health and disease, finds that when 

 taken early the best treatment for the disorder under dis- 

 cussion is the following : Put half-a-pint of rice into two 

 quarts of water, and boil down to one and a half pints 

 of liquor, strain away the grain, and when the liquor is 

 cool enough, and getting fairly thick, take half a pint, 

 and add sulphurous acid forty minims and tincture of 

 opium one drachm, giving this thrice daily. Feed on 

 nourishing diet, which must be at the same time easy 

 of digestion. It may be advisable to mention here that 

 the British Goat Society is taking furthei measures to 

 investigate this insidious disease. See also "Takosis," 

 Page 315. 



Caiarrh. or Influenza. 



Goats that are accustomed to being kept constantly in 

 warm stables sometimes suffer, if much exposed to damp 

 and cold, from disease of the bronchial tubes and 

 affections of the respiratory organs. The symptoms of 

 catarrh are copious discharges from the nose and eyes, 

 accompanied by sneezing; the eyes have frequently a 

 bloodshot appearance. With bronchitis there is consider- 

 able difficulty in breathing, and a wheezing cough is 

 present. The treatment consists in keeping the animal 

 warm and quiet, feeding it on gruel and mashes, which, 

 with a few doses of Epsom salts and ginger, will 



