60 SPECIAL CATTLE THERAPY 



111 our early experiences with this disease we used 

 various medicinal agents which can be relied on in 

 other forms of diarrhea. None of them accomplished 

 much good. In the combination given above we con 

 sider the beechwood creosote the active principle. The 

 value of the combination might be enhanced by the 

 addition of tincture of capsicum. 



COCCIDIAL DYSENTERY 



Coccidial dysentery in cattle is an acute disease oc 

 curring in epizootic and enzootic form. 



It is seen most frequently during those months of 

 the year in which cattle are grazing, and young cattle 

 are most commonly affected. Mild cases of the dis- 

 ease terminate favorably in three or four days. Se- 

 vere attacks terminate in death frequently in the same 

 number of days. Several animals are affected at the 

 same time. On occasions an entire herd was attacked 

 on the same day. The diarrhea becomes suddenly 

 and fully established in almost all cases. The evac- 

 uations are copious and thin and are soon accom- 

 panied by very serious tenesmus. Within the course 

 of eight or ten hours bloody streaks, and sometimes 

 large blood clots, can be found in the evacuations. In 

 grave cases the tenesmus may attain such severity 

 that varying degrees of eversion of the rectum are 

 seen in some of the cows. There is great depression 

 and loss of appetite and the animals are soon in a 

 very weakened state, trembling and staggering about. 

 Before death there may be coma, or delirium border- 

 ing on convulsions. The feces invariably are foul 

 smelling and are usually intermixed with gas bubbles. 



If the attack is a mild one improvement is evident 



