DISEASES OF CATTLE. 81 



PARALYSIS OF THE HIND PARTS. 



This is a disease of the nerves which is usually present and follows milk fever, 

 but does sometimes occur independent of anything else, and the treatment consists in 

 giving Laxotonic, both to keep the bowels open and to overcome the paralysis. 

 The animal should be given warm water injections (per rectum) and should be 

 turned several times daily from side to side. Apply White Liniment to the spine. 

 Give nourishing and laxative food and plenty of water. The urine should be drawn 

 if she is unable to pass it. 



Sec Prcscrit^fion Xo. S5, page 176. 



PINK EYE. 



(See Catarrhal Fever, page 68.) 

 Sec Prescription Xo. 20, page 176. 



RABIES IN LIVE STOCK. 



Rabies is a contagious germ disease which is liable at all times to attack 

 horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs, as well as a number of other warm blooded 

 animals. This disease is more apt to be brought on by the bites of mad dogs than 

 from any other source. 



While this disease is known in live stock as rabies, it is known in mankind as 

 hydrophobia. There is great danger in handling animals thus afflicted as a person 

 is liable to become infected by being bitten or scratched, or from saliva getting 

 into sores on the hands. 



The first symptoms which usually appear when an animal is affected with 

 rabies, are nervousness and restlessness, and when cattle are thus afflicted they are 

 liable to do a great deal of bellowing. They slobber considerably, and strain as 

 though they were constipated. 



When turned loose they are liable to bunt or hook each other, or other 

 animals, or in fact any object with which they may come in contact. They lose 

 their appetite, more on account of inability to swallow, due to partial paralysis 

 of the throat, than a lack of desire for food. 



Horses thus afflicted will kick and bite, chew their mangers, and tear every- 

 thing they can get hold of with their teeth, and have been known to have torn 

 their own flesh from their bodies, during the last stages of the disease. 



As rabies is an incurable disease, it is advisable to destroy an animal thus 

 afflicted, as early as possible, to avoid the intense pain and suffering that it 

 would otherwise endure. 



RED WATER IN CATTLE. 



This is a common affection among cattle in certain localities, and is more 

 common in Europe than elsewhere. It may be caused by injuries of the back; eating 

 irritating plants ; being exposed to low, damp districts, etc. But the most common 

 form of red water usually infects the whole herd. This is the form that most 

 breeders have to contend with. The symptoms are bloody urine, associated with 

 a high fever, and a milking cow may be troubled with a frothy condition of the 

 milk, this having a reddish tinge. 



Treatment. 



Rid the bowels of the irritating contents, and by so doing relieve the kidneys, 

 which are always overtaxed. It is their overtaxed condition which produces the 

 hemorrhage, and the result is red urine, or red water. To relieve the kidneys of 

 their irritated and overtaxed condition, Kidney Aid should be given. The bowels 

 should be emptied by giving two to four quarts of warm water (per rectum). A 



