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Bleed from jugular <l-6 qts.), or give tartar emetic (3ii-iii) in 

 strong animals at onset. To throat, hot poultices frequently- 

 changed, or sinapisms, 517. Potassium iodide, 249, thrice daily. 

 Salts on feed. Diet — Mashes, green food and milk. Tracheotomy 

 in threatened suffocation. In dogs and cats, give dram doses of 

 syrup of ipecac, 475, in threatened asphyxia. Edema of the glottis 

 occurs as result of acute laryngitis and proves rapidly fatal 

 unless tracheotomy is done. 



Leucorrhea. See Vaginitis, Septic Metritis, Metritis, Puerperal 

 Fever. 



Leukemia. 



Rare in Horses, Cattle^ Swine, Dogs and Cats. Generally fatal. 

 Fowler's solution of arsenic, 226, pushed to fullest extent — H. and 

 C, from gss to Jii; D., from m.v to m.xxx, twice daily. Otherwise 

 the treatment is as for Anemia, Pernicious. 



Lice, Pediculosis, Phthiriasis. 



P. equi (horse), P. eurysternus and tenuirostris (cattle), P. suis 

 (swine), P. piliferus (dog). 



• In large animals, apply pure kerosene night and morning for two 

 days, then wash off with soap and water. Hair washed with vinegar 

 for a few days to remove nits or eggs. In dogs, use tine, staphisag- 

 ria, 624, or oil of anise in sweet oil (1-10), 532; also creolin, 334, 

 in 5 per cent, solution; and corrosive sublimate in 1 per cent, solu- 

 tion, applied in spots and carefully dried, may be used. Blue 

 ointment often applied in cattle, 214, but not if there is derma- 

 titis. When the animal is greatly infested and the hair is long, the 

 hair may be clipped, but this is usually not necessary. In sheep, 

 use dip as for scab. Keep hens out of stable to prevent hen lice 

 from Infesting horses. Isolate infested animal till cured and disin- 

 fect its former quarters. Employ general cleanliness and generous 

 feeding. 



Lichen. See Eczema. 



Licking Habit. See Depraved Appetite. 



LiTHiAsis. See Calculi. 



LivEH Rot in Sheep. (Occasionally in Cattle.) 



Due to Distoma hepaticum. Treatment wholly preventive. Give 

 concentrated, dry food with plenty of salt. Avoid overstocking 

 pastures or give up pastures, if seriously infested. Sprinkle lime 

 and salt or copperas (250 to 400 lbs. to the acre) on pastures from 



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