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copious saliva from the mouth, and a muco-purulent discharge 

 from the nose and the vagina. There are often sores in the 

 mouth. Bowels are at first constipated, but soon fetid 

 diarrhoea of a dirty yellow colour with mucus and blood in it 

 sets in. The prostration of strength is very great. In milch 

 cows the secretion of milk entirely ceases. Duration of the 

 disease is from 2 to 10 days. As a rule, a crisis sets in about 

 the sixth or seventh day and the animal dies or shows signs 

 of recovery. Treatment : at the commencement, when the 

 bowels are costive, give once daily, until the bowels get loose, 

 8 to 10 ounces of castor or linseed oil. Twenty to 30 minims 

 of carbolic acid may be administered in a pint of warm gruel 

 once daily. If there be bloody diarrhoea, give some astringent 

 (see Recipes). Diet must consist of fresh young grass and of 

 gruel, which must be gently drenched down if the animal will 

 not take it of its own accord. Affected animals should be 

 strictly isolated. The carcases with the dung, litter, etc., 

 should be burned or buried deep with oruicklime. 



Cow-pox. — A specific eruptive fever in cattle. It is of rare 

 occurrence. Cows are more liable to it than bulls, and cows 

 after calving are most liable . It is not a severe affection. The 

 eruptions show themselves in the region of the udder and 

 teats in the form of circular vesicles with a central depression. 

 The vesicles contain a clear fluid termed lymph, which gradu- 

 ally becomes opaque and purulent. In the course of a few 

 days the pustules burst and scales form, which soon drop 

 away. The disease terminates in about three weeks and calls 

 for no special treatment. If the udder is much inflamed, 

 foment with hot water twice daily, and after milking, dust a 

 little powdered chalk or alum over the sores. Isolation is 

 seldom necessary. Milk of the affected animals must be 

 rejected. It is with the lymph contained in the vesicles of 

 cow-pox that man is vaccinated as a protection from small- 

 pox. One attack of cow-pox gives the animal immunity from 

 the disease in future. 



Haemorrhaqic septicemia. — This term includes a variety 

 of diseases, Buffalo disease, Deer disease, Gloss-Anthrax, 

 Swine plague, Fowl cholera, Contagious Pneumonia of the 

 horse, etc. The agent that produces this disease is a cocco-^ 

 bacillus or Pasteurella. In cattle it is found in three forms 

 mostly commencing to attack buffalos (hence the name). 

 They are as follows : — 

 i. Exanthematic. 

 ii. Lung form, 

 iii. Intestinal form. 



The first form of this malady is characterised by its rapi- 

 dity of onset and course and its fatal termination. The 



