48 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



tea and drain doses of opium every two hours. If 

 the animal is in a weak condition, give aromatic 

 spirits of ammonia, two ounces at a dose in a pint 

 of cold water. Aconite, in doses of thirty drops 

 combined with the opium is also useful. Give all 

 the cold water the animal will drink. 



Cattle sometimes suffer from indigestion, that 

 is, the stomach or stomachs get into a weakened 

 or deranged state; the animal may not be actually 

 sick, but it is in an unthrifty condition, the milk is 

 of poor quality, and little of it. When the cow 

 gets into this condition, all the secretions are more 

 or less arrested, and with them the secretions of 

 milk. I have seen a number of cases of this kind. 

 Symptoms: The animal may eat its food at times, 

 and at others it will eat only part of it. The hair 

 becomes dry, and the back arched a little, and 

 the skin is tight on the ribs, the eyes become 

 sunken, and the animal will grind its teeth, and 

 seem to be in pain at times. The bow T els are 

 usually constipated, and in some cases there is 

 diarrhoea. There is very little fever. An animal 

 found in this condition, with the absence of other 

 diseases, may be safely said to have indigestion. 

 Treatment: Give at one dose, from one to one and 

 one-half pounds Epsom salts, one ounce ground 

 ginger, dissolved in half a gallon of cold water, 

 and follow this by giving a teacupful of linseed, 

 boiled into a pulp, with two gallons of water, and, 

 w r hile hot, pour into half a pail of bran and make 

 a mash of it. Give a mash of this kind once a day, 



