DISEASES OF ANIMALS 



123 



do not ruminate it indicates that some- 

 thing is wrong in some respect or other 

 and attention should be given to them. 

 Indigestion i n cattle may be due to 

 overloading the stomach, the use of 

 moldy or damaged food, drinking too 

 much cold water after a long period 

 of thirsting or the use of an improperly 

 balanced ration. The rational system of 

 correcting this trouble obviously con- 

 sists in giving attention to the diet. In 

 more serious cases followed by diarrhea 

 or dysentery good results are usually 

 obtained by administering castor oil in 



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Fij 



i 1 — CAGE FOR DIPPING CATTLE, 

 N. D. EXPERIMENT STATION 



one-pint doses followed by half an ounce 

 of tincture of opium or tannopin in 

 doses of 30 grains. 



Poisons of vegetable or mineral ori- 

 gin are treated below in a special sec- 

 tion of this chapter. 



DISEASES OF THE BLOOD VES- 

 SELS AND LYMPHATICS 



Quite frequently cases of pericardi- 

 tis occur in cattle as the result of punc- 

 ture from sharp foreign bodies swal- 

 lowed into the paunch. Strangely 

 enough, cattle sometimes swallow quite 

 long pieces of sharp wire, or even hat 

 pins, which cause such accidents. There 

 is obviously no treatment for this 



trouble. In case of bleeding, the hem- 

 orrhage may usually be checked by a 

 continued application of cold water, ice, 

 tow, lint or sponges. In some cases it 

 may be necessary to apply a hot iron 

 or to tie a ligature around severed blood 

 vessels. 



SPRING TRAP SPRUNG SPRING TRAP SET 

 Fig. 72 — TRAP TO PLUNGE CATTLE INTO VAT 



DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY 

 ORGANS 



Cattle are occasionally afflicted with 

 catarrh, which should be treated by plac- 

 ing them in well ventilated stables pro- 

 tected against sudden changes of tem- 

 perature and giving niter in one to two- 

 ounce doses followed by stimulants. In 

 case of bronchitis, relief is usually ob- 

 tained by blanketing the animals and 

 giving iy 2 ounces niter, 2 ounces aro- 



Fig. 73 LANGEDAHL DIPPING PLANT. 



STEER JUST LEAVING CAGE 



matic ammonia and 2 drams of camphor 

 in a pint of linseed tea every four hours. 

 Verminous bronchitis i s usually due 

 to infestation with Strongylus micrurus, 

 a small round worm which is parasitic 

 in the windpipe and bronchial tubes. 

 This trouble may be treated by placing 

 the cattle in a dry stable and subject- 

 ing them to the fumes of chlorine gas. 



