196 THE DISEASES AND DISORDEES OF THE OX. 



If prostration be not a special feature, two drachms of salicylate 

 of sodium, or the same amount of salicylic acid, may be given in 

 water as a drench twice daily, or three drachms of sulphite of 

 sodium may be given, as this remedy seems to be of great 

 ^cacy in such cases. If it is deemed desirable to do so, these 

 remedies may be mixed with liquid food, and then administered 

 in cases where the animal does not refuse the liquid food. The 

 feet should be still more carefully looked after than in the mild 

 cases, and should be kept strictly clean. They should be well 

 washed, and then dressed with some strong antiseptic ointment. 

 That containing carbolic acid, oil of eucalyptus, and iodoform is 

 especially valuable. Then the foot should be carefully bound up 

 and dressed likewise again on the following day, and so long as 

 it continues in an unhealthy condition. In young sucking calves 

 foot-and-mouth disease often assumes a very virulent type. This 

 is, no doubt, to be attributed to the contamination of the 

 milk by the diseased products, and to the direct effect of the 

 contaminated fluid on the stomach and intestines of the young 

 animal. 



Similarly, in very severe cases of the disease in sheep, the food 

 should be moist and nutritious, and consist of such things as 

 linseed cake, gruel, mashes, and soft roots. If an adult sheep is 

 severely prostrated, a drench containing 20 grains of carbonate 

 of ammonium, 20 grains of salicylate of sodium, together with 

 2 fluid drachms of spirit of nitrous ether and a sufficient 

 quantity of water may be given twice or even thrice daily. If the 

 animal be not very greatly prostrated, 20 grains of salicylate of 

 sodium or about 10 grains of salicylic acid may be given in 

 water twice daily. Instead of either of these, 1|- drachm of 

 sulphite of sodium may be given. If it is thought well to do so, 

 these remedies may be mixed with liquid food, and put before 

 the animal to be drunk. The feet should be well washed, and 

 dressed with some antiseptic ointment. 



If the udder be greatly affected, the lambs should be removed 

 from the ewes, or the calves from the cows, as the case may be. 

 To the milk supplied to each calf in the course of the day 1 

 drachm or 1> drachm of salicylic acid should be added, and to 

 that given to each lamb about 5 grains. In the case of a calf ; 

 at least 20 grains of salicylic acid should be given in a little 

 milk twice every day so long as the disease continues, even if the 



