DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE. 257 



Symptoms. — In some cases the animal is slightly bloated, 

 while in other cases there is no bloating at all ; the animal seems 

 uneasy, and makes a peculiar grunt or groan nearly every time it 

 breathes. If it is a cow, and milking, the flow of milk will fall 

 away in one night, the nose will be dry, breathing and pulse will 

 be quicker than natural, and the animal will keep getting up and 

 down once in a while, and will not take much food or water. By 

 pressing on the left side, over the paunch, or rumen, it will be 

 found hard and full of food, and where you make the dent in it 

 with your finger the dent will stay in it some time. By tapping 

 over the stomach there will be a dull, heavy sound. The bowels 

 are costive, and the passage is dry, slimy looking, and has a 

 bad smell. 



Treatment. — Give a dose of physic consisting of 



Epsom Salts H pounds. 



Bitter Aloes 1 ounce. 



Common Soda 2 tablespoonfulfl. 



Ginger 1 tablespoonf ul. 



Dissolve in a quart of luke warm water and give as a drench. 



After this follow up with a stimulant to help the physic to work 



through the bowels. 



Whisky 2 wineglassf uls. 



Ginger 2 tablespoonf ula. 



Common Soda ....2 " 



Mix in a pint of luke warm water and give as a drench three 

 times a day until the animal is better. If the physic has not oper- 

 ated in twenty-four hours after giving it, walk the animal a quarter 

 of a mile, the exercise often starts the physic to work, but if 

 it does not operate wait twenty-four hours more before giving any 

 more physic, at the end of this time, if the physic has not 

 operated, give a stronger physic consisting of 



Bitter Aloes 2 ounces. 



Gamboge 2 drams. 



Mix in a pin-t of luke warm water and give as a drench, then 

 at the end of another twenty-four hours give the animal a short 

 walk, and this will generally work the physic ; if this has not 

 operated, after walking it, give 



Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 



Give this drench every day until the physic does operate. 

 Keep the animal well blanketed and warm, and place a half pail 

 of hot salt over the back, for heat helps the stomach to act. Give 

 the animal all the luke warm water it will drink ; give it sloppy 



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