122 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



Symptoms: There is retention of urine, as the 

 bladder does not contract, and therefore the water 

 is not expelled. The animal suffers pain and is in 

 great distress, is stiff in its movements, pokes its 

 nose between its legs, and show T s symptoms of colic, 

 but seldom lies down. There is a loss of appetite, 

 the mouth is dry and red, and there is fever; pulse 

 from eighty to a hundred in the ox, and from sev- 

 enty to eighty in the horse. The urine may be 

 passed in small quantities and will be thick and 

 high colored. At first the animal is much excited, 

 and if not soon relieved great prostration super- 

 venes. Cold sweats bedew the body; there is 

 trembling of the muscles, paralysis of the hind 

 legs, and the animal dies. 



Treatment: Clean out the rectum, then oil the 

 hand and feel for the bladder; the animal evinces 

 pain w T hen the part is pressed upon, and the blad- 

 der is hot, and in some cases distended with urine. 

 In this case the first thing to do is to pass the ca- 

 theter to remove the urine ; this will give the ani- 

 mal great relief. Give a dose of raw linseed oil, 

 from a pint to a quart, according to the size of the 

 animal. Give the animal all the water it will 

 drink; half an ounce of gum arabic dissolved in 

 the pail of water is very useful. Use hot fomenta- 

 tions to the back part of the abdomen. If there is 

 much fever give twenty to twenty-five drops of tinc- 

 ture of aconite every two hours in a little cold 

 water. If there is great suffering give powdered 

 opium in dram doses every three hours until re- 

 lieved. Also inject through the catheter infusion 



