Chapter XXYII. 



BIjOOID, i^tek^te, enzootic, -a-IsTO 



EPIZOOTIC DISEASES. 



Cachexia, or "Pining" — Ascites, or Dropsy — Tetanus, or Lock- Jaw — 

 Vertigo, ob the French ' Tournes — Parturient Paraplegia — Eczema 

 — Ecthtma-Psoriasis — Insolation, or Solary Erythema — Influenza — 

 Red Water, or Bloody Urine — Ictero-Verminous Cachexia, or Rot 

 Dropsy — FoottRot — Foot and Mouth Disease — Small-Pox — Anthrax, 

 or Quarter-Ill — Tuberculosis — Rabies. 



DISEASES OF THE BLOOD, 



CACHEXIA, ANEMIA, or "Pining," is generally caused by 

 excessive dampness, by the pasturage becoming rank and 

 watery, insalubrity of stables, bad food, and marshy pastures, 

 but sometimes also by deficient herbage in dry pastures. A change 

 from a bad pasture to a good one, say a corn-field, is one remedy for 

 sheep thus affected ; and, in fact, no better one perhaps can be pre- 

 scribed for this disease than change of locality. Iron tonics may 

 strengthen the system, and bitter tonics will increase the appetite. 



ASCITES, or DROPSY, is the effusion of a watery fluid in the abdo- 

 men, the lining membrane of which is or has been inflamed. It may 

 also be caused by bad circulation, or by feeding on rank, succulent, 

 watery herbage, by which the blood is insufficiently nourished. In 

 the latter case, a change tb dry food will generally alleviate the dis- 

 ease, and a cure may sometimes be effected by the following : — 



Nitrate of potash. £ dr. V 



Sulphate of soda :! . . .1 oz. V In one dose. 



Ginger '. . . . ./:'. . . ; 1 dr. ) 



If the animal be in low condition, linseed oil (2 oz ( ) may be sub- 

 stituted for sulphate of soda. Give daily afterward for a week', one 

 dram of scilla maritima. 



KEBVOUS DISEASES. 



TETANUS, or LpCK-jAW, is a disease that occurs sometimes 



after castration. It is also supposed to be occasionally due to milk 



produced by ewes fed on roots, residues of distilleries, rank clover, 



etc. This is, doubtful. The first symptoms are weakness, then 



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