RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 205 



Bovolax, 4 ounces, or castor or linseed oil, 4 ounces, to remove the 

 irritating matter. If diarrhea persists, subnitrate of bismuth may 

 be given in from one-half to 1 teaspoonful doses. 



CONSTIPATION 



CAUSE 



Constipation may be a symptom of certain stages of general 

 diseases. Simple constipation is due to digestive disturbances 

 resulting from indigestible dry feed with insufficient v^^ater, wool 

 balls, especially in lambs, or lack of exercise in stalled rams. 



SYMPTOMS 



The animal is dull, appetite is decreased, the mouth is dry, and 

 sometimes colicky pains are evident. Attempts are made to defe- 

 cate and the feces are hard and coated with mucus. 



TREATMENT 



Grown sheep should be gi^ en 4 ounces Bovolax in a quart of 

 water. Lambs should be given a smaller quantity, according to 

 size, or 2 ounces of castor or linseed oil. Succulent green feed 

 should be fed for several days. 



RETENTION OF THE MECONIUM 



Retention of the meconium is observed in new-born lambs 

 which fail to pass the dung soon after birth. 



SYMPTOMS 



There are evidences of colicky pains as a result of intestinal 

 irritation. 



TREATMENT 



Give an injection of linseed oil into the rectum ; also a teaspoon- 

 ful of castor oil by the mouth. 



