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DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



Fig. 969. — Operation lor Removing Urine from the Ox. 



The bowels should be opened by a moderate dose of Epsom 

 salts, and ■£ oz. of saltpeter, administered three times a day' in a pint 

 of water. Any diseased conditions of the urinary organs should be 

 attended to. The treatment of the various affections of these organs 

 is given in Chapter XVI. 



HEMATURIA, OR BED WATER. 



Asthenia has been very appropriately added, to distinguish this 

 form of Haematuria from the simple traumatic or sthenic variety, 

 which is not cdmplicated by the impaired condition of the blood, 

 characteristic of this disease. It has been found to prevail in low, 

 swampy lands, where deficient and poor food indicate bad general 



management. Throughout the prog- 

 ress of the malady, asthenia is pres- 

 ent. Cows are most commonly af- 

 flicted, which is probably to be 

 explained by the demands made 

 upon the system by lactation find 

 gestation. It sometimes appears in 

 from 8 to 14 days after parturition. 

 The color of the urine is pale red, 

 or dark, or brownish red, and is in- 

 The disease may run for two or three weeks, 

 then the eyes present a hollow, sunken 



Fig. 



970.— Asthenic Haematuria, or Red 

 Water. 



creased in quantity, 

 without noticeable increase 

 appearance, the back is arched upwards, the abdomen is pendulous, 

 the flanks hollow, and there is decided constipation. (See Fig. 970.) 

 The anemic murmurs of. the heart become loud and strong, the 

 mucous membranes are pale, emaciation rapidly progresses, and 

 death follows a\ variable intervals from the commencement of 

 the attack. 



