Qa TIu Management and Diseases of tJie Dog. 



nal irregularity, pains resembling those of colic, large 

 appetite, more or less emaciation. Occasionally cerebral- 

 symptoms are also manifest. (See " Epilepsy.") 



The worms usually present are the ascaris marginata, or 

 margined round worm. 



For further particulars, see chapter on " Internal Para- 

 sites." 



Treatment. — I have generally found ol. terebinth., from a 

 teaspoonful upwards, in proportion to the size of the dog, 

 mixed with plain or castor oil — if with the former, then 

 followed by the latter — to be effective. The dose may be 

 repeated in three days, if necessary. 



HUSK. 



Dogs are frequently affected with gastric catarrh, or what 

 is commonly called husk. It is sometimes associated with 

 distemper, but it more frequently exists as an independent 

 affection, the result of severe indigestion or exposure tO' 

 damp and cold. 



Symptoms. — Like other catarrhal diseases, there is in- 

 creased secretion of mucus, with more or less congestion 

 of its membrane lining the stomach, attended with the 

 usual febrile symptoms. Nose hot and dry ; injection of 

 the visible mucous membranes, particularly the con- 

 junctiva ; furred tongue ; increased pulse and respiration ; 

 abdominal pain, with retching, vomiting, and constipation. 

 A dry husky cough (hence the term) is usually present, 

 and is accompanied, as the malady proceeds, by a frothy,, 

 tenacious expectoration, which the animal struggles to free 

 itself from. Unless checked, the catarrh extends to the 

 intestines, giving rise to aviolent form of diarrhoea, followed 

 by rapid emaciation and death. 



Treatmenti — The affection generally yields soonest to- 



