i66 CATTLE. 



LIGHTNING. 



We know of no remedy for lightning-struck animals, but 

 refer to the subject here, because many farmers do not 

 know that fire-insurance covers the loss. When a beast is 

 thought to have been struck, a veterinary surgeon should be 

 employed to make an examination and certify to the cause, 

 but the carcase may be kept above ground to enable the 

 insurance company to send an expert of their own, if they 

 choose. 



LIVER DISEASES. 



Besides jaundice (referred to on page 164) a congested state 

 of the liver is met with, more particularly in the case of stalled 

 and fatting bullocks. 



Causes. — Want of exercise, close atmosphere, and over 

 stimulation of the liver with rich food. 



Treatment. — Reduced rations, enforced exercise, saline 

 aperients in repeated small doses, Elliman's should be rubbed 

 in over the region of the liver. 



Prevention. — Animals put up to fat should not receive too 

 generous diet at first, or until they have become accustomed to 

 the altered conditions of life. Occasional saline aperients should 

 be given. 



LOCK-JAW, OR TETANUS. 



Cause. — A specific bacillus gaining access through wounds 

 or abrasions. 



Treatment. — No medical treatment appears to be at all 

 satisfactory, the tetanin serum not excepted. The largest 

 numbers of recoveries reported have been apparently spontaneous. 

 Turning the animal out to grass and leaving him alone is 

 seemingly the best treatment. 



LUMBAGO. 



This is a form of rheumatism, and requires no other 

 treatment than Elliman's. {See Rheumatism, page 152.) 



