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but, at others, may go on for some days. Treatment : From 8 to 12 

 ounces of linseed oil should be given, mixed with half to two ounces 

 each of veterinary chlorodyne and turpentine, and half the quantity 

 repeated in six or eight hours, if necessary. 



307. Enteritis, or inflammation of the bowels, in cattle, is 

 happily very rare. The animal lingers on for four to six days, 

 whereas in the horse it would prove fatal in as many hours; nor do 

 cattle exhibit the acute symptoms seen m the horse, but lie continuously, 

 breathing quickly, with a sharp moanmg grunt, and appearmg very 

 much depressed. Treatment : Chlorodyne from 4 drachms to 2 

 ounces, or the same quantity of laudanum, in 8 to 12 ounces raw 

 linseed oil, can be given every 4 to 8 hours, and blankets wrung out of 

 hot water should be rolled around the body, with a waterproof 

 covering on the top. 



308. Gut-tie is a more common complaint, but, unlike the horse, 

 cattle bear this very patiently, lingering on for six or seven days where 

 it would only take a like number of hours for a horse to fight itself to 

 death. Gut-tie is due to some false membrane forming in the abdominal 

 cavity, and getting attached to, or encircling, some part of the intestines. 

 It is mostly found in young bullock-stirks, yet I have seen three cases in 

 young heifers. The animal stops feeding, twitches the hind quarters 

 and tail, crosses one hind leg over the other, and occasionally, with pain, 

 passes a small quantity of bloody mucus. If let out, it has a great 

 tendency to walk backwards, and, if near a bank, will back its hind legs 

 on to the top, and stand with its fore feet in the ditch : this appears 

 to give great relief. Treatment : It is dangerous in this ailment to give 

 large doses of purgative medicine. Small doses (5 to 8 ounces) of linseed 

 oil, with one ounce of chlorodyne, may be given every six or eight 

 hours, to keep the patient quiet, but hypodermic injections of morphia 

 and atropine are most to be relied upon. Another remedy recom- 

 mended is to cut into the right flank, pass the hand through the 

 opening, and endeavour to find the cord, and divide it, if possible, but 

 this operation should only be attempted by a professional expert. In 

 one case, that of a bullock, I passed my hand as far up the rectum as 



