DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE 425 



Symptoms. — The first symptoms are dullness and drowsi- 

 ness and the patient stands with its head pressed up against 

 a wall or fence. Its legs continue moving as if it were going 

 to walk directly through whatever its head is pressed against. 

 When walking it has a staggering gait. The bowels are 

 costive and the urine is of a dark-red color. After these symp- 

 toms pass off the animal gets delirious and acts as if it were 

 mad, bellows, stamps its feet, grates its teeth, frothes at the 

 mouth, runs about wildly, ard, if in the. stable, rears up into 

 the manger. 



Treatment.. — In the first stages, when the animal is dull, 



Meed it, taking four quarts of blood away, and give 



Epsom Salt* 1 pound. 



Bitter Aloes < , 1 ounce. 



Ginger 1 dessertspoonful. 



Bicarbonate of Soda 1 dessertspoonful. 



Mix in a quart of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 

 Keep the animal in a quiet, shady place. Apply a mustard 

 plaster to the back, keep the body warm and apply ice to its 

 head in a bag. Give 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce o- 4 dessertspoonfuls. 



Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 10 to 15 drops. 



Mix in a pint of cold water and give every five hours, 



until better. Give plenty of cold water to drink in small 



quantities and feed soft food. Give an injection into the anus 



of half a pail of lukewarm water and soap twice a day to 



assist the movement of the bowels. 



3. Sunstroke. 



This very rarely occurs in cattle. The causes, symptoms 

 and treatment are the same as those of the horse, only in 

 giving a physic use one pound of Epsom salts along with the 

 bitter aloes. 



4. Lockjaw (Tetanus). 



This disease is rarely met with in cattle. 



Causes. — Tt is usually met with following operations, or 

 wounds of any kind, and sometimes it ccmes on from causes 

 unknown. 



Symptoms. — If from a wound just when it is healing the 

 muscles all over the body are contracted and hard. The 

 animal has a stiff way of walking. The tail is stiff and con- 

 tinues working like a snake. The jaws become partially set, 



