DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 5J> 



spasmodic colic will sometimes terminate in inflam- 

 mation, from giving cold water when the animal is 

 hot and exhausted, or from feeding musty hay 

 and oats or any kind of bad food. Symptoms: It 

 usually comes on gradually. I have known cases 

 in which the horse was only thought to be off for a 

 few days, and no bad result suspected. If the ani- 

 mal is examined carefully from the beginning, it 

 will be found that both the pulse and the tempera- 

 ture will be increased, which is not the case in 

 colic. The membrane of the mouth and nose are 

 congested, and are of a dark red color, the mouth 

 is hot and dry and the breathing is increased, the 

 colicky pains are continuous, the animal walks 

 around or -lies down very carefully, turns on his 

 back against the side of the stall, and remains in 

 this position for a few minutes, but will not be 

 still, as it will keep its head on the move and there 

 is an expression of anguish. As the disease goes 

 on, the pulse becomes* very fast, eighty to one hun- 

 dred per minute; temperature one hundred and 

 five to one hundred and six. The animal pants 

 and moans, and sweat breaks out all over the body. 

 The animal is continually on the move, not a mo- 

 ment of relief. The bowels may be constipated or 

 diarrhoea may be present. After a while the walls 

 of the belly become tucked up, and hard and tender 

 tothetouch,the back is arched, the ears lopped and 

 cold, champing of the jaws from pain. The animal 

 now walks around its stall stiffly, may stagger or 

 may stand and tremble violently and then fall to 

 the ground and die with a few convulsive strug- 



