DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS 567 



AscARiDES. See Parasites. 



Ascites. See Dropsy. , , 



Asthma, Bronchial, in Dogs. 



In attack, chloroform, amyl nitrite, morphine, fumes of stramonium leaves 

 and saltpetre, equal parts. Chloral, bromides, belladonna, potassium iodide, 

 inhalations, arsenic, cod liver oil, between attacks. 

 AzoTURiA. See Hemoglobinuria. 

 Balanitis. 



Withdraw penis. Cleanse with lysol. If the urethra discharges, give ure- 

 thral injection, 1 per cent, zinc sulphate and lead acetate mixed; hydrastis. 

 Horse or bull may have to be cast and glans cleansed with lysol (2 per cent.) 

 and touched with stick silver nitrate. Rest, cathartic and sloppy food. 

 Barreness, Sterility. 



Remove the immediate cause, if possible, after careful examination of 

 body and generative organs. In the female, injection of yeast (cow) has 

 given favorable results; one cake of fresh, compressed yeast dissolved in 

 quart of tepid water, after standing 2 hours, is used as a vaginal injection 

 once daily for a few days; the vagina should first be cleansed with soap 

 and water. Aphrodisiacs, yohimbine, emmenagogues. Examine semen for 

 spermatozoa. Exercise, reduce obesity (see Obesity). In debility, bitters, 

 iron and good food. In female, change male; may try intrauterine injec- 

 tion of semen; dilatation of constricted os uteri. 

 Bites. 



Of snakes. Calmette's serum injected into muscle (10 mils human dose) 

 very successful; immediate cautery with hot iron, or free incision of the 

 bite, and ligature above the injury on a limb must be done. Inject 1 

 per cent, solution of potassium permanganate or 15 grains of chlorinated 

 lime in 2 ounces of sterile water about the bite in several places; strychnine 

 subcutaneously in enormous doses; and adrenalin. 



Of Rabid Animals: — Cauterize with hot iron, nitric acid followed by 

 saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and then by alcohol, or excise the 

 bite, even 24 hours after injury; human patients should receive Pasteur's 

 anti-rabic vaccine. 



Of Insects: — Aromatic spirit of ammonia, potassa; or a 10 per cent, solu- 

 tion of sodium bicarbonate should be applied to bite; also wet dressing, clay, 

 antiphlogistine. 

 Black-Quarter. Black-Leg. 



Prevention secured by blackleg filtrate. Immediate, temporary protection, 

 by anti-blackleg serum. Avoid infected pastures; bury dead with 

 hide intact, 7 feet below surface in quicklime; disinfect premises; free in- 

 cision of swellings (endangers spread of infection) and injection of hydrogen 

 dioxide and other antiseptics in mild cases. 

 Bladder, Irritable. 



Sloppy food, linseed tea. A cathartic; rest; hot enemata. Remove 

 smegma, calculi and other sources of irritation. Belladonna, hyoscyamus, 

 potassium citrate, potassium acetate, spirit of nitrous ether, methylene blue, 

 camphor, buchu, salol, urotropin. 

 Bladder, Paralysis of. 



Empty by sterile catheter or, in horse, pressure through rectum. Treat- 

 ment directed to cause. 

 Blepharospasm. 



Atropine. 

 Bleeding. See Hemorrhage. 

 Bog Spavin. See Synovitis. 



Rest; irrigation; hot fomentations; Priessnitz poultice; high heel shoe 

 or slings, in bad cases; after acute stage passes, cantharidal blister, as- 

 piration. 

 Boils or Furuncles. 



Aborted by touching .with .tincture of iodine, or pure carbolic acid, or 



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