THE OX AND THE DAIRY. 



phrensied ox rushes blindly at everything. In the former 

 the saliva and foam are discharged from the mouth in greater 

 quantity than in the latter. 



A beast which has been dragged through an attack of 

 phrenitis, or of apoplexy, is liable to a recurrence of the 

 disease. We recommend as a general rule, that after due 

 preparation by purgatives, mashes, scanty fare, &c., it be fat- 

 tened for slaughter ; or, if this be inconvenient, that as soon 

 as recovered it be disposed of for that purpose. 



ENTERITIS, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEUM OR LINING MEM- 

 BRANE OF THE ABDOMEN AND INVESTING MEMBRANE OF THE IN- 

 TESTINES. 



Enteritis, or inflammation of the bowels, as it is com- 

 monly called, generally attacks cattle of middle age and 

 robust health, and may result from sudden exposure to cold, 

 or to drinking cold water when overheated, to impure water, 

 to mildewed food, or to a diet generally too stimulating. 

 Occasionally it prevails in certain districts, as if epidemic, 

 occasioned probably by some acrid or unwholesome plants, 

 abundant in the localities on which cattle feed ; the disease 

 appears to be most prevalent in hot summers. 



Enteritis comes on suddenly : the first symptoms are 

 shivering, dulness, loss of appetite, dryness of the muzzle, a 

 rapid but small pulse; the hair is rough, the loins tender, the 

 abdomen swelled on the left side, and incapable of enduring 

 pressure ; the bowels are confined, the animal moans, and 

 often turns its head to the side. If the disease be not now 

 checked, the hind limbs tremble and show signs of deplorable 

 weakness, the animal staggers if it attempt to move, its 

 flanks heave, the head is stretched out, the eyes are red and 

 betray great anxiety, the moans indicative of intense suf- 

 fering increase in frequency, and the rapidity of the small 

 pulse is further accelerated. The. bowels continue obsti- 

 nately confined ; the faeces are hard and glazed with slime, 

 but occasionally liquid faeces are forced with dreadful agony 

 through the indurated mass obstructing the lower bowels ; 

 the moutb foams ; the animal grinds its teeth ; the abdomen 

 is tucked up, though the swelling of the left side is still 

 prominent ; the urine is thick, turbid, and exhales an 

 offensive, penetrating odour. The animal now sinks, con- 

 sciousness begins to fail, it rises up again with a convulsive 

 effort, but again sinks down; the head is rolled about or 



