4l6 THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF CATTLE 



Stand apart from the others with head downward, the 

 ears lopped and the back arched. In cows in milk the 

 secretion ceases. The urine assumes a dark cherry color 

 as the disease progresses. At tirst the bowels are con- 

 stipated, but later diarrhoea is not uncommon. The 

 presence of the ticks on the body furnishes confirmatory 

 evidence, but they are so small that diligent search m.ay 

 be necessary to find them when but few are present. 

 Death may ensue in three days from the attack or not 

 until several days subsequently. Recovery is, in all in- 

 stances, very slow, owing to the poverty of the blood. 



The loss incurred by death in cattle from Texas 

 fever, though very great, by no means represents all the 

 loss resulting therefrom or probably the larger share 

 even of the same. It also comes: fi) From the less 

 high condition of finish which animals frequently pos- 

 sess that may have had mild attacks of the disease; (2) 

 from the restriction which it puts upon the movement 

 of stockers that could be finished more profitably in 

 other states; and (3) from the lack of improvement that 

 would otherwise result from the more general introduc- 

 tion of superior animals brought in to effect the same. 



No treatment for Texas fever has been found of 

 much avail. Purgatives not too severe are given to open 

 the bowels when constipation is present and stimulants 

 are given when collapse threatens. Succulent food is 

 fed if the animals will take it, which, in severe cases, 

 they will not. But it is greatly important that all 

 animals that have not shown any symptoms of the dis- 

 ease shall be at once removed to other pastures. It is 

 also recommended to grease the parts usually affected 

 with ticks to kill them if present. A mixture of any 

 cheap grease and kerosene in the proportions of 2 and I 

 parts will answer. 



While treatment for Texas fever has proved of but 

 little avail, fortunately the same is in no sense true of 

 the protective measures that may be adopted in rela- 



