COCCIDIAL DYSENTERY 61 



at the end of eighteen or twenty-four hours; if the 

 symptoms do not decrease in severity at this time 

 the attack is usually fatal. 



The treatment of coecidial dysentery does not prove 

 successful in very severe attacks, which run on to a 

 fatal termination in spite of all treatment. In mild 

 or only moderately severe attacks the results from 

 treatment attained are quite satisfactory. 



The first important step is to have the animals sta- 

 bled at once and provide for watering them from a 

 supply different from the one they had access to while 

 on pasture. The water should be allowed in very 

 small quantities, but frequently. 



The medical treatment begins with an ounce dose 

 of dilute acetic acid in a small quantity of water. 

 Every half hour thereafter until relief is evident we 

 give tincture of opium two drams, oil of eucalyptus 

 half an ounce, dilute acetic acid half an ounce, shak- 

 ing these three drugs up together with a little water 

 for a drench. As soon as the evacuations are less fre- 

 quent and the tenesmus less severe two or more hours 

 are allowed to pass between doses. Oases exhibiting 

 protrusions of the rectal mucosa as a result of severe 

 tenesmus may be given a large dose of morphin sul- 

 phate hypodermically. Animals recovering from an 

 attack of coecidial dysentery have a long convalescent 

 period. They do not resume normal feeding nor gain 

 their former condition for a long time after recovery. 



