yiO DISEASES OF ANIIMALS. 



venting their expansion, and if not relieved, the anima 

 dies of sufibcation. Other tender and luxuriant grasses; 

 as well as pol-itoes, turnips, and other succulent food 

 will produce this disorder, when taken in excess 

 Horned cattle are most liable to this disease ; sheep and 

 swine are also subject to it, and horses do not always 

 escape. 



Prlventicn. Do not turn cattle upon luxuriant feed 

 until the dew or rain is exhaled ; and if changed from a 

 lean pasture, or when empty, allow them to remain but 

 a short time, espscially at first. Give salt often. 



Symptoms. The paunch is swelled enormously, in 

 severe cases, i ^ the last stages of this disease, the 

 tongue hangs out of the mouth ; the eyes are protru- 

 berant, and the rectum, or last gut, is distended exter- 

 nally ; and the beast f'^Us, and exhibits signs of the most 

 severe pain. 



Treatment. In mild cases, or in the first stages of 

 almort any case, drenches of various kinds will afford 

 relief , but in a severe case^ far advanced, the passages 

 of thj stomach are not only si '^■ned by the great disten- 

 tion, but the stomach is so full tKT.t medicines will not 

 have their usual effect ; and sometimes, without imme- 

 diate relief, by the probang, or by tapping, the animav 

 must die. A leaden tube may be useJ to open a pas- 

 sage to the stomach, and the medicine may be turned 

 down through it. In some cases, farmers have opened 

 a passage with a flexible stick, and let off '.he gas, and 

 in this way a passage may be opened for med.'^me. All 

 medicines given for this disease should be pou ""d down 

 suddenly, that they may enter the paunch [S *^age 

 185.] 



Remedy. Make a quart of lye of wood ashes, -^d 

 turn it down. Judge by the taste whetlier it is as stri 

 as can be taken safely. The alkali neutralizes the gase 

 and the swelling subsides. 



Another. Give volatile spirit of ammonia, a table 

 spoonful to an ox or a cow. 



Another. Give a tea-cupful of spirits of turpentine 

 di.Iused in oil. In this way, several pairs of oxen were 

 saved, in very severe cases, which it was thought would 

 prove fatal. The turpentine is- uore safe in oil. 



