CYSTITIS IN THE OX. 



Special Symptoms. Beside general disorder there is a dis- 

 position to decubitus, but with frequent rising to urinate though 

 the bladder is not filled to repletion. Then the urine is passed 

 in a slow stream by abdominal cc-ntraction, and without pulsating 

 contractions of the urethra at the ischium which are so marked 

 in calculus. Cystitis is greatly aggravated by overdistension, 

 and if the bladder is paralyzed is verj- liable to go on to rupture. 



Galtier considers enzootic hsematuria as essentially a haemor- 

 rhagic cystitis, due to marsh)' soils, disordered liver, often dis- 

 tomatosis, and irritation of the urinary organs b)' the poi.sons 

 which the liver was helpless to destroy or eliminate. 



The treatment of cystitis in cattle does not differ materially 

 from that of the horse. 



The haemorrhagic form demands prevention by drainage, cul- 

 tivation and the use of phosphates to the soil. 



CYSTITIS IN DOGS. 



The special symptoms in dogs are uneasiness and frequent 

 changes of place. The patient passes urine often in small quan- 

 tity, and with whines or cries. He walks slowly and stiffly with 

 the back arched, and compression of the abdomen and especially 

 of the prepubian region is painful to a marked degree. The tense 

 elastic bladder may often be distinctly felt through the abdominal 

 walls. The inflamed bladder is liable to paresis and paralysis 

 with great overdistension, and aggravation of the general symp- 

 toms, the e3'es sunken, and dullness, stupor and coma betraying 

 ursemic poisoning. Some claim rupture of the bladder as is .so 

 common iii the ox. 



In the main, treatment is as for the horse. Rest, warm bath, 



or fomentations, catheterism with aseptic catheter, draw urine 



through hypodermic nozzle in prepubian region. Antiseptics : 



boric or salicylic acid by the mouth and bladder. Laxatives, and 



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