DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



the trouble to make a post-mortem examination, you will 

 most likely find one of the following conditions; Gut-tie, 

 intussusception (the doubling of a portion of an intes- 

 tine within another portion), twisted intestine, rupture of 

 the intestine, or mechanical stoppage in the bowels from 

 some cause. In all these accidents the pain resulting 

 will be continuous. If the bowels do not act fairly well 

 within 36 hours after an attack of colic, the patient 

 should be given a pint of linseed oil, which may be re- 

 peated every 12 hours until the bowels move freely. 

 When recovery occurs it will be noticed that the attacks 

 of pain become less and less frequent until they cease 

 altogether. 



DIARRHEA SCOURS. 



Causes. The causes of this disease are frequently of 

 a constitutional nature, but it may also be caused by 

 feeding too much green an 4 tender grass, new hay or 

 oats, musty hay, in which there is a large amount of the 

 various forms of fungi. Hard driving will often cause 

 it. But whatever the cause, the looseness of the bowels 

 will be due to an abnormal irritation of the intestinal 

 canal. 



Symptoms. The animal will show an unnatural loose- 

 ness of the bowels, which if continued for any length of 

 time will cause it to feel weary, and to lag in the har- 

 ness. It will often refuse to take its food after a drive; 

 perhaps it will take a chill after being allowed a drink 

 of water. Horses subject to this disease rarely carry 

 much flesh, although they will frequently stand con- 

 siderable hard work. Symptoms of colicky pains will 

 sometimes be noticed after a hard drive. If driven 



