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tion may be made to eat slower by placing a few stones the size 

 and shape of goose eggs in the feed box, or by feeding hay before 

 the grain. A physic of 1}4 pints raw linseed oil should be given 

 horses to clear the bowels of the irritating contents. If there 

 is no improvement from the effects of the oil, give tannic acid 

 }4 dram and gum camphor 1 dram. For calves and foals 1 to 2 

 ounces of castor oil in a hah pint of warm milk gives good results. 

 This is to be followed in a few hours with teaspoonful doses three 

 times a day of a mixture of salol, 1 part and subnitrate of bismuth, 

 2 parts. For cattle the following prescription is recommended: 

 beechwood creosote 20 drops, oil of cajuput )4. ounce, cottonseed 

 oil 2 ounces. This is one dose. It may be repeated at intervals 

 of 8 hours until four doses have been administered. 



LOSS OF APPETITE 



This disturbance, like constipation, is not a disease but a 

 general symptom of disease. In cattle it is often the only symp- 

 tom present, so must be handled as if it were an entity. 



Cause. — It is evident that the exact cause of loss of appetite 

 would differ in different animals. In some cases it is the result 

 of some disturbance in the digestive organs; in others spoiled 

 feed is the cause. 



Symptoms. — Affected cattle will refuse even those feeds that 

 they normally eat with great relish. In fact nothing is capable 

 of tempting the animal to break his fast. In cases of long 

 standing the feces become hard and dry, and the urine scant and 

 highly colored. 



Treatment. — The object of treatment is to stimulate the 

 appetite. For this purpose a medicine containing an acid and a 

 stimulant have given best results. A suitable combination is 

 found in the following prescription: hydrochloric acid 360 

 parts, fiuidextract gentian 180 parts, fluidextract nux vomica 

 120 parts, and water 340 parts. Two ounces of this medicine 

 are mixed with a pint of cold water and given by the mouth three 

 times each day. 



INDIGESTION 



There are two forms of this disease, namely, acute indigestion 

 and chronic indigestion. The former is really a form of colic. 



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