314 DISEASES OF DOGS: COLIC- 



CHAP. VI. 



THE WINDY, OB, FLATULENT COLIC. 



This kind of colic depends upon a spasmodic 

 contraction of one or more parts of the bowels, 

 and arises from some irritating cause ; as consti- 

 pated bowels, worms, exposure to cold and wet, 

 indigestible matter taken into the stomach, and 

 sometimes by licking paint containing lead. 



The disease is attended with the following 

 symptoms ; the dog has pain of the bowels, which 

 sometimes causes him to roll and tumble about ; 

 sometimes the animal turns round and round, with 

 his eyes inclined to the part affected ; his eyes look 

 dull and heavy; bowels mostly very bound, and 

 often the rectum appears to be loaded, and visibly 

 pressed to the fundament, which brings on a fre- 

 ^ quent straining to expel the faeces ; he is also sick, 



and sometimes vomits. Should worms be the 

 cause of this complaint, it will generally be dis- 

 covered by some previous symptoms, as mentioned 

 in the section on worms. If the complaint be not 

 checked, inflammatory symptoms will come on ; 

 as, the dog being restless, sick at his stomach, 



