284 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



Koose in Calves. — This is a common disease in 

 breeding districts, and is very fatal in its results, attacking 

 young calves and cattle, till two years old. It is a para- 

 sitic disease. 



Cause. The presence of minute worms in the bronchial 

 tubes. These worms are called ^^aria bronchi^ and inhabit 

 the windpipe of young cattle, sheep and lambs. 



Prevention, Keep calves, sheep and lambs on dry land, 

 where there is no marsh, wet land or meadow. 



Symptoms. Constant, husky cough ; difficulty in breath- 

 ing; emaciation, and loss of appetite. Thus the disease 

 goes on from bad to worse, until death takes place in from 

 two to three weeks, depending much, however, upon the 

 age of the beast. 



T7'eatment. Linseed oil, two ounces; oil or spirits of 

 turpentine, half an ounce, well mixed Avith the linseed oil. 

 This dose is for a calf of six months old. It should be 

 repeated every two days. Give the calves good feed, such 

 as oil cake, etc. Another form, and a good one, which is 

 generally used in sheep to save expense and trouble, is to 

 get them together, and drive them into a pretty close house 

 or shed, not larger than will hold all the affected ones. 

 Then procure an earthern bowl or basin, containing one 

 ounce each of common salt and oxide of manganese, and 

 pour over this a mixture, say, water, half an ounce; sul- 

 phuric acid, one ounce and a half; stir with a stick, and 

 chlorine gas will be evolved. When sufficiently stirred, 

 leave the place, and close the door. Repeat the inhalations 

 for two or three times, and let two days pass before each 

 subsequent inhalation. If the animal be much weakened 

 by the parasites, mix caraway and fenugreek in their 

 feed, of each a quarter of an ounce, once a day, for a week 

 or so. 



