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When the digestive organs are affected, colics (gripes) occur fre- 

 quently. In the beginning, constipation is the rule and the dung is 

 coated with a whitish-yellow, mucus layer; later diarrhea occurs and 

 the dung is doughy, soft, or liquid. The eyelids are sometimes 

 swollen shut and are hot and sensitive to the touch. The legs and 

 sheath are sometimes swollen and the lower portion of the belly may 

 be similarly affected. 



Treatment. — Isolate sick animals for their own comfort and the 

 safety of healthy subjects, as influenza is usually a serious disease. 

 Give quinine sulphate 1 dram, gentian 2 drams, in a ball, three times 

 daily; add ^ ounce saltpeter to the drinking water twice daily. The 

 fever may be reduced by rectal injections of cold water. 



Intestinal troubles may be relieved by the administration of bicar- 

 bonate of soda in dram doses three times daily ; if pain is very severe, 

 2 drams of fluid extract of cannabis indica may be given. Bathe the 

 eyes, if swollen, with warm water. Good nursing and laxative food 

 are essential, cold water being kept where the animal can help himself. 

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