04 DISHAS1-:S OF CATTLE. 



BRONCHITIS. 



Bronchitis is an intlammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes. 

 It is commonly known as catching cold, but it is more often brought on by foreign 

 bodies such as medicine, gruels, salts and oils being given to cattle as a drench. It 

 is for this reason that cattle should never be drenched. 



In Bronchitis there is usually a loss of appetite, a rise of temperature (generally 

 104 to 105), and the breathing is incomplete, short, quick and painful. The pulse is 

 increased and often a painful cough is present. 



Treatment. 



The animals should be placed in a light, well ventilated box-stall, given feed of 

 a la.xative nature, such as grass in season and bran mashes, which latter should be 

 made out of linseed tea. Give the animal plenty of water to drink. Apply white lini- 

 ment to throat and lungs. 



The fever should be reduced with the Fever Paste and the bowels kept open with 

 Laxotonic, wdiile warm water injections per rectum should be given by means of a 

 flushing outfit. After this has been accomplished, the cow may be given Cow 

 Tonic, and well cared for until fully recovered. 



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CALF CHOLERA. 



This is a catarrhal condition of the mucous membrane of the bowels. It is either 

 a disturbance of the digestive organs or a symptom of some other trouble. 



As a disease itself, it is an unnaturally increased action of the bowels, and at first 

 may be nothing more than an attempt of Nature to relieve the stomach and bowels 

 of their undigested, fermenting, offensive and irritating contents, which is marked 

 by a thin, profuse, watery discharge from them. This indicates an irritated and over- 

 stimulated condition of the excreting" glands of the bowels, causing an unnatural in- 

 creased amount of liquid to be emptied into them, thereby mi.xing with the undi- 

 gested fermenting contents, which is irregularly and rapidly expelled from the 

 bowels. Such a condition shows a catarrhal and overstimulated condition of the 

 raucous membrane of the digestive organs, which are very sensitive to irritating, or 

 soothing ingredients taken into the system. 



Scours Due to Indigestion. 



The surroundings of the calf have much to do with the cause of this disease. 

 Calves kept indoors suiTer to a greater extent than those running in the open air 

 and having the strengthening influences of simshine, pure air and exercise. Closely 

 crowded, filthy and bad smelling buildings are important factors in causing the 

 disease. 



All these causes tend toward reducing the activity of the digestive organs. As 

 scours in calves is a common result of indigestion, it is therefore necessary that 

 the digestive organs be kept in good, strong, healthy condition. 



Indigestion Due to Many Causes. 



Indigestion may occur from many different causes, as costiveness, a too liberal 

 supply of milk ; too rich milk ; the furnishing of the milk of a cow long after calving 

 to a very young calf; allowing the calf to suck the first milk of a cow that has been 

 hunted, driven by road, shipped by rail, or otherwise violently excited ; allowing the 

 calf too long time between meals, so that impelled by hunger it quickly overloads 

 and clogs the stomach ; feeding from a pail milk that has been held over in unwashed 

 (unscalded) buckets, so that it is fermented and spoiled; feeding the milk of cows 



