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in horses. The nature, cause, symptoms, and treatment 

 are the same as in enteritis in the horse. The patient 

 usually dies in four or five days, but occasionally may die 

 in twenty to twenty-four hours from the beginning of the 

 attack. Enteritis, however, is more amenable to treatment 

 in the ox, and is not nearly so fatal as in the horse. 



Dysentery. — The nature, cause, symptoms, and treatment 

 of dysentery are the same in the horse and the ox. It is, 

 however, of more frequent occurrence in the latter animal, 

 and is very often associated with tuberculosis, or a diseased 

 condition of the mesenteric glands. 'Protrusion of the 

 rectum,' 'gastritis,' 'simple diarrhoea,' etc., also occur in 

 cattle, the nature, cause, symptoms, and treatment of which 

 are the same in the ox as in the horse. 



WHITE SCOURS. 



This is a form of diarrhoea peculiar to young animals, 

 especially calves, and is a very common disorder. It is due 

 to more or less inflammation of the true digestive stomach. 

 The primary cause is the character of the milk, which may 

 be either too rich or too poor, and the weather may exert 

 some influence in producing the disease. It is very com- 

 monly seen in calves fed and raised by hand, especially in 

 those calves that do not get the first milk of the cow, but 

 are fed on skimmed milk, or milk that is partly sour. 



Sijmptoms. — The patient may lie down, but does not roll 

 about. The faeces are semi-fluid, whitish in appearance, 

 and have an offensive odour. The animal grates his teeth, 

 and shows abdominal pain by stamping, curling of the tail, 

 etc. During progression he may stagger slightly, or even 

 fall, if the condition has existed for any length of time. 



Treatment. — The bowels should be acted upon by ol. lini, 

 the quantity administered depending upon the age and size 



