296 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



powdered gentian root, half an ounce ; mix and make one 

 dose, to be given as above directed. This will be a pow- 

 erful tonic, adding richness to the blood, strengthing the 

 mucous surfaces, and imparting health and strength to the 

 whole system, thereby enabling the animal to carry her 

 young to its full time. Good and generous feeding is 

 also a preventative by itself, but better in conjunction 

 with the above powder. Cows having aborted from weak- 

 ness and general debility of the system, can be prevented 

 from aborting again by maintaining a high standard of 

 general good health. 



Abomasum. — The fourth or true stomach of the ox 

 and of the sheep also. 



Angle Berries. — Warty like excresences, and differ 

 from the ordinary wart by having a stem or neck to them. 



Treatment. — Cut them off with a knife or pair of 

 scissors. 



Anemia. — This term is applied to a week condition 

 of cows sometimes called ivant of blood, and is more com- 

 mon than most persons are aware of. Cows are not sel- 

 fish, the more a cow gets in feed, the more she will gene- 

 rally give in the form of milk and butter. 



Syynptoms. — White and clearness of the lining mem- 

 branes of the nose, mouth and eyes are sure indications of 

 a want of blood in the system. When this condition 

 occurs as an effect of disease as from the effects of pleuro- 

 pneumonia, the animal will become hectic and die in a 

 month or so from the first attack. 



Treatment. — Give the following powders night and 

 morning in cut feed. Powdered gentian root, three 

 drachms, powdered ginger root, three drachms ; mix and 

 make one dose. If those powders improve the animal 

 in a week or so, give two drachms of the sulphate 



