DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE 0R<5ANS. 37 



ing around to the side, dra^^-ing the feet together, lying doTrn. or 

 moving restlessly. Sometimes this malady is accompanied by fever, 

 gi-eat depression, loss of strength, rapid loss of flesh, and it may 

 terminate in death. 



Treatment. — When the disease depends on irritating properties of 

 the food which has been supplied to the animal, it is advisable to give 

 a mild purgative, such as a pint of castor or linseed oil. T\Tien the 

 secretions of the bowels are irritating, an ounce of carbonate of mag- 

 nesia and half an ounce of tincture of opium should be shaken up in 

 a quart of linseed tea and given to the animal three times a day until 

 the passages present a natural appearance. When there is debility, 

 want of appetite, no fever, but a continuance of the Avatery discharges 

 from the bowels, then an astringent may be given. For such cases 

 the following is serviceable: Tannic acid, 1 ounc€; powdered gentian. 

 2 ounces; mix and divide into 12 powders, one powder to be given 

 three times a day until the passages present a natural appearance. 

 Each powder may be mixed with a half pint of whisky or blackberry 

 brandy and a pint of water. Tannopin is a new remedy that is most 

 Tjseful in such cases. The dose is from 30 gi'ains to 2 drams. Useful 

 household remedies are raw eggs, strong cottee, parched rye flour, or 

 decoction of oak bark. In all cases the food must be given sparingly, 

 and it should be carefully selected to insure good quality. Complete 

 rest in a box stall is desirable. When diarrhea is a symptom of a 

 malady characterized by the presence of a blood poison, the treat- 

 ment appro})nate to such disease must be applied. 



SIMPLE ENTEHITIS. 



[See <iastro-onferitis, p. 35.] 

 CRorpors enteritis. 



Under certain conditions, severe irritation of the digestive canal 

 may, in cattle, cause a form of inflammation of the intestines (enter- 

 itis) that is charactei-ized by the formation of a false membrane upon 

 the surface of the lining membrane of the intestines, and particularly 

 the large intestines. 



Symptoms. — There is fever, depression, loss of appetite, diarrhea, 

 and in the fecal masses shreds of leathery false membrane may be 

 found. These shreds are sometimes mistaken for parasites or for 

 portions of the wall of the intestine. 



Treatment. — Give a pound of Glauber's salt, followetl by bicar- 

 bonate of soda in doses of 2 ounces four times daily. 



ENTERITIS (OBSTRUCTION RESULTING FROM INVAGINATION, OR INTUSSUSCEPTION, 

 TWISTING, AND KNOTTING OF THE BOWELS.) 



Inflammation may arise from a knot forming on some part of the 

 small intestine from the portion of the bowel becoming twisted on 



