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Mix in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench; 

 repeat three times a day until the animal is better. Keep the 

 bowels open by giving pint doses of raw linseed oil every 

 three days. Keeping the bowels open and giving these stim- 

 ulants will generally work the food out of the stomach in a 

 few days. Give plenty of lukewarm water to drink, and feed 

 soft food. Salt is given to induce drinking, which helps to 

 work the food out. 



15. Inflammation of the Rennet or Fourth Division of the 

 Stomach. 



This is an inflamed condition of the fourth, or the true 

 digestive part of the stomach, and is more often met with in 

 calves than in older cattle. 



Causes. — In cattle it is caused by eating frozen roots, 

 grass, or over-ripe food. In calves it is caused from changing 

 too suddenly from sweet to sour milk, especially when the 

 calf is young. This irritates the stomach and sets up the 

 disease. 





Fig. 62. — Suffering from Inflammation of the Stomach. 



Symptoms. — First there is diarrhoea, then constipation, 

 continually changing from one to the other every day or so. 

 The animal breathes quickly and groans with pain. The nose 



