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Mix in a quart of luke warm water and g'ive as a drench. If 



this has not operated in twenty-four hours walk the animal for a 



quarter of a mile and if it has not operated in twenty-four hours 



after the walk give it the following: 



Gamboge . , 2 drams or 1 teaspoonf ul. 



Bitter Aloea 2 ounces. 



Mix in a quart of luke warm water and give as a drench ; 



«eep exercising the animal every day, and if the last drench has 



not operated in twenty-four hours give 



Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 



Whisky I " 



Powdered Nux Vomica 1 teaspoonful. 



Mix and give as a drench, and give this drench every day 



until there is a passage ; keep the body warm with blankets and 



hot salt in a bag over the back. 



[NFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE BELLY CAVITY (PERITONITIS). 



The causes, symptoms and treatment are similar to those in 

 this disease in the horse. It is rarely met with in cattle. 



DROPSY OF THE BELLY. 



This follows cases of peritonitis, and the symptoms and treat- 



•nent are similar to that in the horse. This disease is rarely met 



with in cattle. 



TAPEWORMS IN CATTLE. 



This is about the only kind of worms the bowels of the ox 

 are subject to. This complaint is rarely met with in cattle, but 

 In cases where it is there may be from twenty-five to one hundred 

 feet of the worm found in the bowels. 



Symptoms. — The animal runs down in condition, but still 

 keeps feeding and seems always hungry. The only v»ay to be 

 sure that it is a tape worm is to watch the manure and you will find 

 joints of the worm coming away with the manure. 



Treatment. — Get rid of the worm by starving the animal for 

 four days, that is, just give it enough to keep it from starving to 

 death. Give the following drench : 



Oil of Male Fern | ounce, or 2 tablespoonfuls. 



New IVfilk 1 pint. 



Mix and give as a drench. Give this drench three times a 

 day during the four days you are starving the animal, and at the 

 end of that time give one pint of castor oil, which will bring the 

 worm away all right. Young calves are more often affected than 



