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It often affects milch cows quite severely in winter, when they are let 

 out of a warm stable to be watered. Cows which are fed largely on dry 

 hay drink copiously, like the working ox, and become affected in pre- 

 cisely the same manner. But the secretion of milk in the cow is usually 

 much diminished after such attacks. In such cases they are seized with 

 a chill or fit of trembling before the cramps come on. 



Symptoms. There is some distension of the abdomen, but no accu- 

 mulation of gas. As the distension and pain occur immediately after 

 the animal has swallowed the water there can not be any doubt as to the 

 exciting cause. Cruzel, in speaking of the treatment of this disease, 

 says it is customary among French farmers to walk or even trot the ox 

 up and down, and that as a result of this treatment the water passes 

 from the fourth stomach into the bowel, from which it is soon passed off 

 not much changed, except that it is slightly colored by the substances 

 with which it has come in contact in passing through the bowel. 

 Diarrhea then appears to be a favorable termination of this affection. 



Treatm.ent. The treatment above described should be adopted in a 

 modified form. It is obviously dangerous to trot an animal whose 

 stomach and bowels are largely distended with water, but it appears 

 rational to walk the animal about for ten minutes before administering 

 medicine, as this allows time for a portion of the contents of the stomach 

 to pass into the bowel, and renders it safer to give medicine. In many 

 cases the walking exercises and the diarrhea bring about a spontaneous 

 cure of this disorder, but as in some instances the cramps and pains of 

 the stomachs persist, give one ounce of sulphuric ether and one ounce of 

 tincture of opium, shaken up with a pint of warm water, and to repeat 

 the dose in half an hour if the animal is not relieved. In an emergency 

 when medicine is not to be had, half a pint of whisky may be substituted 

 for medicine, and should be given mixed with a pint of warm water; or 

 a table-spoonful of powdered ginger may be administered in the same 

 way as the remedies already mentioned. 



lyOSS of Cud. It is very common among farmers, when a cow or 

 ox is ailing, to say that the sick animal has lost its cud. If it is meant 

 that the animal does not ruminate or chew the cud, and that it con- 

 sequently must be sick, no fault can be found with the expression. In 

 most cases, however, the remark is not intended to convey the idea that 

 the animal does not ruminate, but that the loss the cud is a disease in 

 itself. lyOss of cud is a symptom of suspended rumination, and 

 is not a disease, and shows that the animal's digestive functions are 



