DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE. 259 



Treatment. — Give a physic consisting- of 



Epsom Salts 1 pound. 



Brown Sugar ... ^ pound. 



Salt 2 tablespoonf uls. 



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



This will generally give relief, but if it does not, give: 



Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce, or 4 tablespoonf uls. 



Common Soda 2 tablespoonf uls. 



Mix and give as a drench every second day until the animal 

 gets relief. Feed on soft food and give luke warm water to 

 drink for a while. In cases whera this does not give relief and 

 you are sure there is something in the stomach, perform the 

 operation of rumenotomy and take it out. 



HAIR BALLS IN THE RUMEN OR PAUNCH. 



Causes. — They are caused from animals licking each other in 

 the spring when the hair is loose, and this hair collects in a ball 

 in the stomach. 



Symptoms. —The animal soon stops chewing its cud, and has 

 slight spells of bloating ; it does not feed well and soon falls off in 

 condition. 



Treatment. — Give a physic of 



Epsom Salts. 1 pound. 



Common Soda 2 tablespoonf uls. 



Ginger 2 " 



Mix in a quart ot luke warm water and give as a drench. 

 Give this drench once a week, and if it does not help the animal, 

 and you think there is a hair ball in the stomach, then, as a last 

 resort, perform the operation of rumenotomy. There has been 

 cases known where snakes, from three to four feet long, have 

 been found in the stomach of the ox ; there are also cases known 

 where nails have worked their way through the stomach into the 

 heart and killed the animal. 



BINDER TWINE IN THE RUMEN OR PAUNCH. 



Causes. — From eating straw that has been bound with binder 

 twine, and the twine collects and rolls up in the form of a ball in 

 the rumen or paunch. 



Symptoms. — Same as that given for hair balls in the rumen 

 or paunch. 



Treatment. — Same as that given for hair balls in the rumen 

 or paunch. 



