DISEASES AND TEEATMENT OF CATTLE. 301 



Mix in a pint of water and give as a drench every four hours 

 until it is better. Give luke warm water to drink and feed on soft 

 food, keep, the body warm, and if the animal's head is affected, 

 keep ice to its head in a bag". Smut on corn is very bad feed, as it is 

 apt to derange the stomach and cause diarrhoea, and if the animal 

 gets too much smut it will set up a disease similar to ergotism. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN (ENCEPHALITIS). 



This disease is not so often met with in cattle as it is 

 in horses. 



Causes. — From a severe blow on the head, or from falling 

 and striking the head; irritation of small tumors growing around 

 the brain and pressing on it; certain kinds of food containing ergot 

 or narcotic principles will cause it, or from eating grains from a- 

 distillery. 



SymptOItlS. — The first symptoms are the animal will be dull 

 and drowsy and stands with its head pressed up against a wall or 

 fence ; its legs keep moving as if it was going to walk right 

 through whatever its head is pressed against ; when walking it 

 has a staggering gait ; its bowels are costive and its urine is of a 

 dark-red color. After these symptoms pass off the animal gets 

 delirious and acts as if it were mad, it bellows, stamps its feet, 

 grates its teeth, froths at the mouth, runs about wildly, and, if in- 

 the stable, rears up into the manger. 



Treatment. — in the first stages, when the animal is dull, 



bleed it, taking a half pailful of blood away, and give 



Epsom Salts 1 pound. 



Bitter Aloes 1 ounce. 



Ginger 1 tablespoonful. 



Common Soda 1 " 



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



Keep the animal in a quiet, shady place ; apply a mustard plaster 



to the back ; keep the body warm and apply ice to its head in a 



bag. Give 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce or 4 tablespoon! uls. 



Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 10 to 15 drops. 



Mix in a pint of cold water and give every five hours, until 

 the animal is better. Give plenty of cold water to drink in small 

 quantities and feed on soft food. Give an injection into the anus 

 of half a pail of luke warm water and soap twice a day to help to 

 start the bowels. 



