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Treatment. If left to themselves they will die out in a 

 year. The oxide of zinc ointment will speedily cure the 

 affection. It is considered a contagious disease, although 

 not a fatal one. (See Ointments in article on Horse and 

 Cattle Medicines.) 



Rot. — (See Diarrhoea and Consumption.) 



Rumen or Paunch. — This is the first stomach, and is 

 the receptacle for all food that is gathered, which is kept 

 there till wanted, or till the rumen is full, when rumina- 

 tion is usually begun by contraction of the rumen upon its 

 contents, whereby portions of the food are forced into the 

 gullet and mouth, to be remasticated, and finally passed 

 down the gullet again. It does not, however, pass over 

 the floor of the canal this time, but separates the pillars, 

 and goes, not into the rumen, but into the manyplus, or 

 third stomach. 



Rupture in Calves. — The rupture we are now con- 

 sidering is what is known by the name umbilical, which 

 occurs in young colts and calves, and consists in the pro- 

 trusion of a portion of the bowel and intestine through 

 the navel, thus forming a small tumor. This condition is 

 often congenital, or found on the calf at birth. 



Treatment. Force the bowel up into the belly, gather the 

 loose skin together, tie a well waxed cord tightly round it 

 close to the belly, and a strong pin may be forced through 

 the skin below the ligature or cord, to keep it from falling 

 off before the loose skin comes away. In a few days the 

 skin will fall off, leaving a healthy sore without any hole 

 or rupture. 



Another form of treatment is to place a bandage round 

 the body, and a pad over the rupture, as is recommended 

 for the same condition in colts, which see. Whatever 



