36 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



charges of foul-smelling gas, constipation or loose- 

 ness, and the presence of half masticated or indi- 

 gested food in the dung, and they are often 

 troubled with belly-aches, and worms may be 

 passed. In cattle, especially in the cow, do we 

 find cases of dyspepsia. The appetite is impaired, 

 and there is a desire to pick up and swallow dirt, 

 sand, lime, etc. The milk is scanty and of poor 

 quality, and the animal becomes thin, dry-haired 

 and lousy. There may be either diarrhea or con- 

 stipation. In some cases the animal does not 

 chew its cud, and there is more or less fever indi- 

 cated by a dry nose. 



Treatment. — Regulate the diet. Give a dose of 

 raw linseed oil, from one and one-half pints to one 

 quart at a dose for the horse. For the cow, one 

 pound of Epsom salts and one ounce of ground gin- 

 ger, dissolved in half a gallon of cold water and 

 given at one dose. After the physic has operated, 

 both in the horse and cow, boil a teacup of linseed 

 into a pulp with a gallon or two of water, and 

 while hot, pour it over half a pail of bran and make 

 a mash of it, and when cool, put in one of the fol- 

 lowing powders: Sulphate of iron, four ounces; 

 nitrate of potass., four ounces; divided into 

 twenty-four doses. Give daily, and continue for 

 several weeks if necessary. If the animals are 

 lousy, see chapter on lice. 



GASTRITIS (INFLAMATION OF THE STOMACH). 



This is not a common disease, either of horses or 

 cattle, and when it does occur, it is usually caused 



