40 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



DISEASES OF THE FIRST STOMACH IN CATTLE. 



Tympanitis Iloven, or Swelling With Gas. — 

 Causes of this disorder are numerous, eating damp 

 grass, the soft, succulent grass of early spring, 



ami the second crop of clover in the autumn when 

 it is wet with dew or rain. Sometimes a change 

 of food, such as a small quantity of ground oats, 

 peas or corn, will cause severe bloating. It is also 

 caused from over-filling of the paunch with indi- 

 gestible food of any kind, and this is the most 

 troublesome to get rid of. This disorder often 

 takes place from disease of other parts of the body, 

 such as impaction of the third stomach or consti- 

 pation of the bowels. Symptoms: During the 

 time the animal is eating, or shortly after, a swell- 

 ing appears on the left side, and as it increases the 

 animal appears to be in distress, pants, strikes its 

 belly with its hind foot, eructations of gas are no- 

 ticed; the animal does not chew its cud. As the 

 trouble goes on the breathing becomes more diffi- 

 cult; the animal moans, the back is arched, the 

 eyes are protruded, the tongue hangs out, saliva 

 dribbles from the mouth. At this stage of the dis- 

 ease, if the animal is not relieved, it will die from 

 suffocation, the contents of the abdomen pressing 

 against the lungs in such a way that the animal 

 cannot breathe: Treatment: When any signs of 

 swelling take place the animal should be pre- 

 vented from eat ing any more. If no medicine is at 

 hand, cold water should be thrown over the back 

 and loins. This sometimes causes the rumen to 



