206 RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 



PARALYSIS 



Paralysis, is a loss of motion or sensation in a part of the body 

 and generally depends upon brain or nerve derangement. Com- 

 monly, however, the term is used to express lack of movement, 

 whether due to absence of nerve control, to extreme weakness, or 

 to disinclination to move as a result of pain. 



CAUSE 



True paralysis in the sheep is present in the late stages of 

 rabies, in parturient paralysis or milk fever, in meningitis, and in 

 gid. Conditions resembling paralysis are found in a number of 

 infectious and noninfectious diseases. 



TREATMENT 



Treatment depends upon the cause and follows the lines indi 

 cated for the diseases with which it is associated. 



BLOODY URINE (Hematuria) 



CAUSE 



Reddish urine may be symptom of several diseases, such as 

 anthrax, hemorrhagic septicemia, icterohematuria, inflammation of 

 the kidneys or bladders, and urinary calculi (stones). It may also 

 follow the eating of frozen feed or poisonous plants. 



TREATMENT 



The condition which causes a reddening oi the urine should 

 be discovered, if possible, and treated. 



