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accompanied by debility and loss of appetite. It is 

 generally attended by costiveness, and the animal is 

 disinclined to feed. 



Cause. — The cause of the disease may be 

 associated with inflammation of the liver, or con- 

 gestion of the organ, or disease and obstruction to 

 the flow of bile from the liver to the gall bladder, or 

 from the gall bladder to the bowel. Sometimes 

 ** Jaundice " is a symptom of verminous disease of the 

 liver, e.g., fluke disease in cattle and sheep. 



Remedies. — If the jaundice is due to functional 

 disturbance of the liver, a dose of laxative medicine 

 and a less nutritious and stimulating diet, may be all 

 that is required. If due to organic disease of the 

 liver, with or without the presence of parasites in the 

 bile ducts, the treatment must be entrusted to an 

 experienced veterinary surgeon. 



When the disease continues for some considerable 

 time, it may be inferred that the liver is in a very 

 disordered condition, and in that case a cure is 

 hopeless. 



