DISEASES OF CATTLE TREATMENT 89 



Enteritis Inflammation of the Bowels. 



This may follow severe indigestion, or it may be caused by swallowing 

 irritant poisons. The disease may be produced by exposure to cold or 

 inclement weather. 



Symptoms. Drooping of the ears, dullness, dry skin, rough coat, dry- 

 ness of muzzle, loins sensitive, fullness of left flank caused by distention 

 of fourth stomach by gas, loss of appetite, pulse weak, animal staggers and 

 grunts. Passages few at first and often coated with blood. Later a severe 

 diarrhea begins and passages have an offensive odor. Animal has colicky 

 pain which may continue. Fever occurs, there is general depression and in- 

 sensibility before death. The disease is often fatal. After death the walls of 

 the stomach are thick and soft and often show ulcerations. 



Treatment. Feed selected food carefully. Do not force the appetite. 

 Protect from cold and dampness. Give boiled milk, rice water, boiled oatmeal 

 gruel, or linseed tea. Subnitrate of bismuth in 2 teaspoonful doses is good, as 

 is also Y-2 to one teaspoonful dose of Tannopin. 



Inflammation of the Fourth Stomach. 



This results from the presence of a foreign body in the stomach. The 

 animals often swallow their food without chewing it carefully, thus un- 

 digestible objects may be swallowed. Calves often get this disease by 

 eating frozen or decomposed food. 



Symptoms. Grunting and pain upon sudden motion, coughing, pain on 

 pressure over the second stomach. 



Treatment. If the presence of a foreign body is recognized, the animal 

 may be killed for beef if there is no fever. Give a good dose of Glauber's 

 salts and two ounces of ginger in warm water. Raw linseed oil is also good. 

 Feed easily digested foods. 



Inflammation of the Kidneys. 



Eating irritating plants, exposure to wet and cold, stone or gravel in the 

 kidneys, injuries to the back or loins, drinking alkaline or stagnant water, 

 consumption of musty fodder, are all causes of this disease. 



Symptoms. Hurried breathing, rising temperature, fever, dry, hot muz- 

 zle, loss of appetite, sensitiveness in the loins, suspended chewing of cud, 

 burning at the roots of the ears and horns, back arched, hind legs extended 

 backward and outward, passes thick highly colored water frequently in 

 driblets, hesitates and groans when moved, are all symptoms of this disease. 



Treatment. Remove the cause if possible. Acrid plants may be removed 

 from stomach by doses of olive or castor oil. Warm blankets or mustard 

 poultices over the loins are important. Check the fever by 15 drops of 

 tincture of aconite, or one-third ounce of acetanalid every four hours. As 

 the disease lessens in severity give 2 teaspoonfuls of quinine or 4 teaspoonfuls 

 of gentian powder daily as a tonic. Warm drinks are preferable. In its 



