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toms. For mineral poisoning, give lin- 

 seed oil, lard, or milk, followed by 

 laud>anum or a stimulant, according 

 to symptoms. 



Pneumonia. — Chill, followed by 

 fever. Pulse full. Nose bot and dry. 

 Bowels constipated. Followed by dif- 

 ficult breathing, frequent cough, rat- 

 tling in breathing. Warm, dry quar- 

 ters; hot applications; aconite; al- 

 teratives. 



Poll Evil.— See Fistula. 



Quarter Crack. — ^Draw crack to- 

 gether; fasten with nails; apply tar. 



Quitter. — See Fistula. 



Rabies. — Nervousness. Disposition 

 to bite or kick on slight provocation. 

 Eyes bloodshot. Paiuful swallowing. 

 Convulsions. Hind limbs paralyzed. 



Destroy animals; cauterize bite 

 wounds; apply Pasteur treatment. A 

 very rare disease. 



Rheumatism. — Stiffness. Pain in 

 certain muscles. Increased thirst. 

 Animal stands with back arched. 

 Joints may swell. 



Apply stimulating lotions; give sali- 

 cylic acid and bicarbonate of potash. 



Rickets. — Affe-cts bones of growing 

 animals. LiCgs become crooked. Joints 

 large. Bones too thick. 



Better diet; cod-liver oil; lime 

 water. 



Ringbone. — A bony growth on the 

 foot, often aroimd the upper border of 

 the hoof. 



Rest; blister; cautery; neurotomy. 



Roaring. — Chronic loud breathing as 

 air is drawn in. 



Surgical operation, removing the 

 arytenoid cartilage. 



Saddle Galls. — Cleanse; apply an- 

 tiseptic washes. 



Sand Crack. — ^Narrow cracks in 

 homy covering of hoof. 



Bind hoof; apply tar ointment 



Scab. — See Mange. 



Sores. — Cleanse, open; apply aa- 

 tiseptics. 



Spavin.^See Bog and Bone Spavin. 



Splint. — Bony enlargements on in- 

 side of leg below knee. Usually cm. 

 foreleg. Causes lameness when ani- 

 mal is hot. 



Rest; cold applications; blister. 



Stomach Staggers. — See Indigestion. 



Scours. — Intestinal catarrh in calves, 

 accompanied by great weakness. An- 

 imal stands with back arched. Dung 

 thin and offensive. 



Add formalin to the calves' milk at 



the rate of one part to 4,000, or dilute 

 milk with one fourth lime water. 



Sore Mouth. — Wash with solution of 

 permanganate of potash, boric acid or 

 chlorate of potash. 



Sunstroke. — Exhaution. Tongue 



hanging out. Animal staggers and 

 falls. 



Ice Of cold water on the head; gyre 

 whiskey or other stimulants. 



Swollen Legs. — Laxatives; saltpeter; 

 maderate exercise. 



Strangles. — Membranes of eyes and 

 mouth bright red. Yellowish discharge 

 from nostrils. Soft swelling under 

 jaw. 



Inhalations of steam; open abscees 

 under throat. 



Tapeworms. — Treat dogs frequently 

 with vermifuges and prevent them. 

 from eating infested parts of oth^- 

 animals. 



Tetanus. — Characteristic spasms of 

 muscles of face, neck, limbs and body. 

 Early symptoms are difficulty in swal- 

 lowing, and inability to open jaws 

 widely. Tail elevated. Finally all 

 muscles rigid. 



No cure with drugs; apply antitoxin 

 method. 



Throughpin. — See Bog Spavin. 



Thumps. — ^Aggravated hiccoughs. 

 Usually the result of worms or over- 

 feeding. 



Physic and reduce food. Give exer- 

 cise in pasture if possible, and char- 

 coal; for worms give dried sulphate of 

 iron in food. 



Ticks. — Dip or spray cattle with 

 crude oil; starve ticks by rotation, of 

 pastures. 



Allow no rats about hog pens; eat 

 no uncooked or underdone pork. 



Tuberculosis. — Tuberculin test the 

 only sure means of detecting this dis^ 

 ease. Should be applied to all cows. 



Test cows with tuberculin; separ- 

 ate reactors from healthy animals; 

 dispose of or destroy all infected 

 animals; disinfect premises and vacci- 

 nate all calves. 



Tympanitis. — See Hovea and Colic 



Vomiting. — Hot water; lime water; 

 morphine. 



Worms. — For round-worms in horses 

 areca nut, aloes, or creolin; for lung- 

 worms in calves and lambs, sulphur- 

 ous inhalations, turpentine; for 

 stomach worms in calves and lambs, 

 benzine, gasoline or turpentine in milk. 

 — G. & F. ALMANAC. 



