CARK AND rRKAr.MI'.XI' OF A SICK .\i\MMAL. 



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THF CARE AND TREATMENT OF A SICK ANIMAL. 

 IMPORTANT. 



Place the sick animal in a well disinfected, ventilated and dry box stall with 

 plenty of bedding and sunlight. (Avoid draughts.) In cold weather put a blanket 

 on, feed sparingly of digestible food, such as bran mashes made with linseed tea. 

 Keep manger sweet and clean. Water should be pure and clean, and warmed when 

 necessary. (Always necessary for new milch cnws, ) 



An injection of warm water per rectum should be gi\'en to nearly all sick ani- 

 mals, excepting those afflicted with looseness of the bowels. 



NEVER DRENCH CATTLE. 



^lore cattle die from the effects of being drenched than from tuberculosis. 



Reasniis A\'hy. 



If a cow's head be raided as high as possible and her mciuth kept open by the 

 drenching bottle, or horn, a portion of the liquid given lier is ver\- apt to pass 

 down the wind-pipe into the limgs, sometimes causing instant death by smothering; 

 while at other times death follows in a few da>s from resulting congestion or 

 inflammation of the lungs. Perhaps the Iiest wax- of demonstrating the danger of 

 drenching cattle is to advise the reader to throw back his head as far as possible 

 and attempt to swallow. He will nnd this a diflicult task, but he will lind it much 

 more difficult, if not impossible, to swallow with his mouth open. It is for this 

 reason that drenching cattle is a dangerous practice 



How to Give a Cow Medicine, 



