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736 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



serted in the dewlap, by pulling the skin at that place, passing the 

 blade of a pocket knife through, and then passing a strip of cotton 

 cloth into the hole. To accelerate the discharge which will take 

 place, apply turpentine onthe strip of cloth. Again, a change from 

 a rich pasture to a poor one, or from rich nourishment to poorer 

 and more debilitating food, seem to be good accessories to favorable 

 results. The only sure preventive of Charbon or Anthrax fever is 

 Pasteur's vaccination, with attenuated or weakened virus. Black 

 Leg, on the other hand, was successfully prevented by Cornevin and 

 Thomas's method of vaccination. This method, however, is not yet 

 practical. * 



SPLENIC APOPMOCT. 



This affection is most frequently seen in cattle when put up to 



fatten. It is a blood-poison, 

 probably due to the admission of 

 septic material, by means of food 

 ''^jT^MTC'iKfflfflH^f' and water. It runs a rapid and 

 ^ m$ J \ % 1»fwP**«J usually fatal course. 

 ^^\\^/'tIw7 Symptoms. — These are few and 



Jy wBf often unobserved. An animal 



may seem in perfect health at 

 night, and be found dead the next 



Fig. »58.-The Common Subject of Splenic mornin &- In rare ^stances, in 

 Apoplexy. which the disease is not so rap- 



idly fatal, the following symp- 

 toms appear: excitement, prominent eyes, hot and dry mouth, 

 urine and feces deficient, pulse 'hard, rapid, and wiry. These may 

 disappear on the next day, and the animal appear somewhat bet- 

 ter. In a few days the malady, Which has been gathering intensity, 

 manifests its force by uneasiness, an arched back, a more rapid 

 pulse, and quick and short respiration. 



In the last stage the respiration is short and roaring, pulse 

 very feeble ; the animal falls in convulsions, and death ensues in from 

 two to twenty-four hours. 



Treatment.-^ This is usually too late to be effective, but the 

 presence of the disease should lead to the adoption of preventive 

 measures with the rest of the herd. If there is time for treatment, 

 dash cold water freely over the head, and give the following 

 stimulant : — 



Spirits of nitrous ether 3 fluid z. 



Gentian ' \ >•' 



Ginger .7 '...' .1 " 



