108 Diseases of Cattle. 



to stop turning prevents it from gathering food. And un- 

 less the animal receives treatment, the case will terminate in 

 starvation. 



TREATMENT : — The cure consists in finding the ex- 

 act spot on the head over the hydatid, and boring through 

 the bone with an iiistrument made for that purpose. As soon 

 as the bone is bored through, a small pair of forceps or tongs 

 is put through it into the sack, and by this means together 

 v/ith a long nozzle syringe, pump out what fluid there is in 

 the cavity, and a cure is completed. Tlie hole will have to be 

 closed by a pad or cloth, to exclude the air until it has closed 

 by a new bone. This operation should only be attempted 

 by a skilled and experienced person. 



TEXAN FEVER. 



Texan Fever is similar to fardel bound, and is not con- 

 find to Texas alone, as it frequently develops at the close 

 of summer, more or less every year, in the Eastern and 

 Middle States. It consists in the impaction of the manyplus 

 or third stomach, with withered or dried grass and herbage, 

 containing no moisture whatever. While fardel bound con- 

 sists in the impaction of the omasum or fourth stomach, 

 v.dth the same substances. Therefore for causes, symptoms 

 and treatment see impaction of the omasum. 



THRUSH IN THE MOUTH— SORE MOUTH. 



APHTHA. 



This is an eruption of the mouth consisting of small 

 vesicles or sores, appearing on the lips and cheeks and 

 soD.etimes on the tongue. These eruptions ulcerate and are 



