902 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



last case, the tarred bandage must be applied tight enough to 

 stop the bleeding. Usually nothing more is needed, unless mag- 

 gots get into the part. If maggots do get in, it can usually be 

 known by the uneasiness of the animal. It is necessary, in 

 such a case, to remove the bandage, and apply turpentine until 

 all maggots are destroyed and removed; then bandage as before. 



Bronchitis is an inflammation of the wind-pipe. 



SYMPTOMS. The breathing will be irregular and wheezing; 

 the pulse will be quickened, it may be, eighty or ninety beats 

 to the minute ; the cud is no longer chewed ; and, if it is a milch 

 cow, the amount of milk will be decreased ; the nose will be dry 

 and hot; a cough will be present, and a discharge from the nose, 

 as in catarrh. 



TREATMENT. The same as for bronchitis in the horse, giving 

 about one and one-third as much medicine to the cow as to 

 the horse. 



Choking. Choking occurs in all animals, but it is most 

 common in cattle. 



CAUSES. Failing in an attempt to swallow some half-chewed 

 food, or some hard substance, as an apple, potato, etc. ; 

 choking from half-chewed food is, in most cases, the most se- 

 vere. Thorns have been found lodged in the throat of a cow, 

 The offending substance may be lodged in either the throat, 

 neck, or back in the chest. 



SYMPTOMS. The symptoms are most alarming when the body 

 causing it is in the neck. When an attempt is made to swallow 

 signs of uneasiness can be seen, and if there is an attempt made 

 to swallow water it is thrown up. Slobbers run from the mouth. 

 If it is a horse there will be a spasmodic twitching of the mus- 

 cles of the neck when an attempt is made to swallow. There 

 is great difficulty in breathing, which may increase and cause 

 death. In cattle, one symptom often, but not always, shown is 

 bloating. You may be able to feel the substance if it is lodged 

 in the neck. 



TREATMENT. Endeavor to ascertain what the animal has 

 swallowed, and where it is lodged. If it is lodged in the throat 

 or neck, you may move it by rubbing it on the outside with 



