40 RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 



DISEASE DUE TO MISTAKES IN FEEDING 



DISTENTION OF THE PAUNCH. Bumcn occurs in sheep 

 and cattle due to getting- an o\erfeed, say from getting loose at 

 grain, either in the barn or the field, dry fodder and no succulent 

 feed (such as roots or silage), from stoppage of the bowel move- 

 ment. The symptoms are similar to those shown in bloating, only 

 that the swelling pits on pressure (on the left side) and tapping 

 with the fingers does not give the drum-like sound as heard in the 

 preceding disease; chewing the cud (rumenation) stops and the ani- 

 mal is said to have lost its cud. Here again we have a symptom mis- 

 taken for a disease, if digestion is going on properly the cud (so- 

 called) will be present, so that the loss of the cud as termed by 

 many people, is a symptom of digestive trouble and needs investiga- 

 tion as to the cause, not the giving of a so-called cud, of pork, 

 greased rags or unwholesome materials; if this condition has 

 existed for a day or so, no feces (dung) will be seen to pass. 



TREATMENT 



Dissolve one ])ound of Bovolax in a gallon of warm water. 

 When cooled down to about 70 degrees F. give a quart to a 

 full grown cow or ox every six hours until the entire gallon 

 (4 quarts) has been given. If the patient is not relieved, a quart 

 of raw linseed oil may be given at the next six hour period. Gentle 

 pressure and hand rubbing over the region of the paunch may be 

 applied twice or three times daily for ten or fifteen minutes at a 

 time. In very stubborn cases the above may be repeated, but it is 

 rarely necessary. These doses are for adult cows or oxen. Smaller 

 animals should have doses reduced according to size and age. 



FOUNDER (laminitis) is included under diseases due to errors 

 in feeding, although it frequently occurs from driving on hard, dry 

 roads, excessive purging, sudden checking of sweating by giving 

 very cold water when heated; hard work when not in condition, 

 (jr it may follow foaling or lung troubles, and occasionally from 

 standing too much on a limb in order to save another which may 

 be injured. Excessive feeding for the showring or block, etc., tvitli 

 lack of exercise; wheat, especially when green, or breaking loose 

 and getting at grain in the bin are other common causes. This 

 disease meiy appear in cattle and sheep, although the pain shown 

 .will not be as acute as in horses. The symptoms of laminitis are 

 so well marked that once seen they arc never forgotten. A horse 



