204 RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 



INDIGESTION 

 (Impaction of Rumen, Atony of Stomach, Grass 



Staggers) 



CAUSE 



Indigestion results from the presence of otlier diseases ; from 

 feeding coarse, fibrous, indigestible feed with little green feed ; from 

 spoiled feed ; or from overloading the stomach. The fourth stomach 

 of lambs may become impacted with curdled milk. 



SYMPTOMS 



There is dullness, loss of appetite and rumination, bad-smelling 

 eructation with passing at long intervals of bad-smelling, dry, un- 

 digested dung in small quantities. The left flank may be distended 

 and feel dOughy to the touch. 



TREATMENT 



Give purgatives, such as Bovolax in from 2 to v5 ounce doses, 

 or castor or linseed oil from 3 to 6 ounces. One-half ounce of tur- 

 pentine may be mixed with the oil. Work up the paunch with the 

 hands over the left flank. When the animal begins to eat give suc- 

 culent green feed for a few days. 



DIARRHEA (Dysentery) 



CAUSE 



Common diarrhea, as distinguished from white scours of lambs 

 and from diarrhea associated with specific disease, is due to disturb- 

 ances in the digestive system from irritants in the feed, change to 

 abundance of succulent feed, spoiled feed, exposure after shearing, 

 or to the presence of parasitic worms in the intestine. 



TREATMENT 



The feed sliould be examined and regulated, .\dverse condi- 

 tions should be C(Mrected. It is best to give a purgative, such as 



