DISEASES A^'D TREATMENT OF CATTLE. l261 



INFLAMMATION OF THE FOURTH PART OF THE STOMACH. 



This is inflammation of the fourth, or the true digestive part 

 •of the stomach, and is more often met with in calves than in older 

 •cattle. 



Causes. — In cattle it is caused from eating frozen roots or 

 g-rass, also over-ripe food. In calves it is caused from changing 

 too suddenly from sweet to sour milk, especially when the calf is 

 young this irritates the stomach and sets up the disease. 



Symptoms. — First diarrhoea, then constipation, and keeps 

 changing from one to the other every day or so ; the animal 

 breathes quick and groans with pain ; the nose is hot and dry, 

 ^nd the belly has a tucked up appearance and is sore when you 

 press on it ; the legs and ears will be cold. 



Treatment for Calves.— Give the following drench : 



Raw Linseed Oil J pint. 



Tincture of Laudanum 1 dram, or 1 teaspoonful. 



Mix and give as a drench. Give its belly a good rubbing 

 with mustard and vinegar ; blanket to keep it warm, also place 

 some hot salt in a bag over the back, after this give a teaspoonful 

 •of laudanum in half a cup of milk three times a day until it gets 

 relief, and if it will drink give it small quantities of new milk, and 

 in its drinking milk put one teaspoonful of common soda every 

 time you feed it. 



Treatment for Larger Cattle. —Give the following drench : 



Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 



Tincture of Laudanum 1 ounce, or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Mix and give as a drench, afterward give the following : 



Tincture of Laudanum 1 ounce, or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 15 drops. 



Mix in a pint of water and give as a drench three times a day 



«until it gets relief. Clothe the body well and keep hot salt in a 



■bag to its back. Give luke warm water to drink, and feed on 



soft food. 



DIARRHCEA IN CATTLE. 



Causes. — From drinking impure, or stagnant water, eating 

 frozen roots ; a sudden change of food, or from excitement by 

 ■being chased. 



Symptoms. — There are large passages from the bowels of a 

 ifluid nature, and the animal soon gets gaunt and falls off in con- 

 dition, and in bad cases will not eat, but seems very thirsty. 



Treatment. — Give the fo'lowino- drench : 



