198 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



ceeding the cough there will be dry skin and the 

 hair standing up, and the animal gradually losing 

 flesh, although the appetite may remain unim- 

 paired. The mucous membranes are pale in color 

 and the pulse becomes weak, and if the animal is 

 driven fast, there will be a tendency to suffocation 

 or difficult breathing. If the cow is giving milk 

 it decreases in quantity and quality, and by de- 

 grees the animal becomes greatly debilitated; pain 

 is evinced on pressure on the ribs, the temperature 

 of the body is usually increased to a hundred and 

 two to a hundred and three. This condition may 

 continue for several months. When the cough be- 

 comes hacking the respiration becomes very fast 

 and the pulse quick and weak; diarrhoea sets in 

 and carries off the animal. 



Treatment: If treatment is tried, use tonics and 

 stimulants. Tincture chloride of iron, ginger and 

 gentian, one ounce each, given in gruel or water 

 three times a day. Boiled flaxseed given in bran 

 mash once a day is very useful. But it is wise to 

 destroy at once when the case is one of tubercu- 

 losis. 



