62 BOVINE PATHOLOar. 



from cold to heat, mechanical and chemical irritants. 

 They will be specified under the heading of each disease. 

 The general symptoms manifested by cattle suffering 

 from acute disorders are dulness and separation from the 

 rest of the herd, unwillingness to move, a ^^ hide bound " 

 or "staring^' condition of the coat (cutis anserina). 

 The animals do not lick themselves or one another, 

 nor stretch properly on rising ; dryness of muffle, 

 failure or deficiency of the appetite, and cessation of 

 rumination. In the milch cow the lacteal secretion is 

 diminished or suppressed. Frequently when these are 

 observed examination by the experienced will detect 

 fever and even local disorder, but generally we have only 

 the history of the case to determine any efforts against 

 special contingencies. Nursing must here be relied 

 upon. The patient must be housed in a moderately warm, 

 well- ventilated place, frictions applied to the surface, and 

 laxative, easily digestible matter given as food ; change of 

 diet being particularly beneficial, but the appetite must be 

 tempted, not forced. A diffusible stimulant will be 

 useful under these circumstances, it may divert an inflam- 

 matory attack, and is so evanescent that it will not influence 

 any disorder which may assert itself shortly after. The 

 experience of many observers has sanctioned also the 

 administration of a laxative saline dose at the same time. 

 The alimentary canal being so extensive in the ox is often 

 laden with matter of an indigestible character, which will 

 tend to aggravate local or general disorder. The Pulse 

 of the ox may be taken at the submaxillary artery, the 

 vessel of the right side being felt by the right hand 

 passed over the neck, while the left hand holds the left 

 horn ; at the brachial within and rather to the front of the 

 elbow- joint, the hand being passed round the front of the 

 limb to its junction with the trunk ; at the large 

 metacarpal above and behind the fetlock ; at the middle 

 coccygeal on the middle line of the root of the tail ; at the 

 carotids in the channel of the neck ; and at the anterior 

 auricular in front of the root of the conchial cartilage. 

 Different practitioners make a practice of selecting each one 



