REMEDIES 



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(Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



■THE LANGUID GAIT OF A 

 LOCOED HORSE.' 



leap high over a rut in the road or crouch to pass under an 

 imaginary barrier (Fig. 81). It shies at nothing and runs up 

 against obstructions. Horses in this condition are very danger- 

 ous to ride or drive. Cattle • 



are similarly affected (Fig. 82). 

 They start, tremble, jump, and 

 toss the head violently. They 

 become crazed, lose flesh, and 

 death results from starvation. 

 The symptoms in sheep and 

 goats are less violent (Figs. 83 

 and 84) . They usually become 

 very weak and stupid, and 

 stumble and fall, rising with 

 great difficulty. Locoed sheep 

 are difficult to herd, for they 

 tend to stray away from the flock and are often very stubborn. 

 The fleece comes off in patches. The animal is unable to take 

 care of itself and is Hable to faU into pools of water and drown. 



Death results from the ex- 

 haustion following the severe 

 convulsions which characterize 

 the later stages of the disease, 

 and from lack of nourish- 

 ment. Constipation is a gen- 

 eral symptom of loco poisoning 

 in all animals. 



Remedies. — Because there 

 has been so little understand- 

 ing of the nature of the loco 

 poison and of its physiological 

 effects upon livestock, no cer- 

 tain cure for it has yet been 

 progressed so far that the an- 

 imals are no longer worth saving, they should be removed from 

 loco-infested range and given proper feed. If sheep are taken 

 away from loco in the early stages of the disease, they may be 



Fig. 82. — a locoed STEER JUMPING 

 UNNECESSARILY HIGH IN GOING 

 OVER A SLIGHT ELEVATION IN A 

 ROAD. 



found. If the disease has not 



