254 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



from the Atlantic Ocean. INI. P. Bellamy, Veterinary 

 Professor "^o the Department of Agriculture, at Rennes, 

 says, La Vache Bretonne — Utile au liiche, Providence du 

 Fauvre — "the Brittany cow — useful to the rich, and a 

 blessing to the poor.'' Some few of these useful little 

 cows, have been imported into this country, and, if all be 

 true which is said in their favor, more of them ouglit to 

 be imported. They are represented to be hardy and 

 healthy ; they can be kept on such food as other cows 

 would starve upon, and they can stand a greater amount 

 of hardship than any other variety. 



Bronchitis, — This is inflammation of the wind-pipe, 

 and even extending to the lungs themselves. There are 

 every variety or severity seen in this disease, from the 

 simple irritation of the buccal membrane to the intense 

 inflammation terminating in the outpouring of serum from 

 the blood into the cavity of the chest, resulting, 'if the cow 

 be with calf, in abortion, and often, among others, in the 

 death of the animal, after a long and lingering hectic fever. 

 Bronchitis, and throat and chest diseases in cattle, are 

 insidious and deceptive, for the ox does not, even under 

 the most severe forms of these, exhibit fever and irritation, 

 loss of appetite, etc., which are shown at once when 

 attacking: the horse. Not until the disease has made con^ 

 siderable progress, does the ox or the cow show symptoms 

 of disease ; so much is this the case, that I have on several 

 occasions pointed out bronchial and chest disease, in milch 

 cows, whilst the owners failed to see anything wrong. 

 Indeed, this is the great difficulty in the successful treat- 

 ment of diseases in neat cattle — not getting or applying 

 the remedies at an early stage of the affection. A closer 

 attention, and more careful observation on the part of 

 farmers and others, is almost imperatively demanded, and 



