248 THE DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



to bad food, exposure, poison, complication with other 

 diseases, &c. 



Symptoms. — Abdominal pain ; back arched ; constantly 

 Btraining, passing a small quantity of watery material, 

 tinged with blood; there may be vesicles in the nostrils; 

 coat dry and staring; mucous membranes pallid; ears 

 h mg ; eyes dull, glassy, sunken ; rectum protrudes, &c. 



Remedy. —Ipecac, i oz., powdered opium, 2 drams, 

 chalk, 2 oz., galls, 2 oz. Mix well and add a pint of 

 warm water or gruel, and give 3 times daily till cured. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES 

 (ENTERITIS), 



Is rare. It usually occurs among working oxen. It 

 may be caused by too much blood, exposure, drinking 

 cold water when heated, drastic purges, engorgement, &c. 



Symptoms. — Pressure on abdomen or loins causes pain ; 

 feces often dry and in small quantities ; toward the end 

 there may be a little stream of very offensive liquid ex- 

 crement, which has forced its way through the hard mass 

 of feces by which the rectum is distended ; acute febrile 

 symptoms supervene; stands in one place with muzzle 

 protruded ; bind limbs become weak ; breathing quick- 

 ened ; occasional tremors ; excessive thirst ; no appetite ; 

 moans ; grinds teeth ; looks at right flank ; rectum hot. 

 Other symptoms are like those of colic. 



Remedy. — No purging. If plethoric, bleed and repeat 

 if necessary, taking even a gallon. Stimulate belly with 

 rugs wrung out of hot water, renewed at intervals, and 

 by liniments. Give thin, warm gruel with a little linseed 

 oil. Draft : Tincture opium, 2 oz., tincture aconite (V. 

 P.), 40 drops, every 3 or 4 hours. Impacted feces may 

 be removed manually. Anodyne and mucilaginous injec- 

 tions may be very advantageous. Assuage thirst with 

 nitrated water. 



V. P. means Veterinary Pharmacopeia (GresswelPs). 



