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with some food in them, never in a hungry condition. 

 The latter precaution is always well to observe and it is 

 also a good method when first putting stock on the feeds 

 mentioned to leave on for a short time, one-half to two 

 hours only, neglect of these precautions means certain 

 loss. 



Distension of the paunch also occurs in sheep and 

 cattle due to getting an overfeed, say from getting loose 

 at grain either in the barn or the field, dry fodder and 

 no succulent feed (such as roots or silage) from stoppage 

 of the bowel movement. The symptoms are similar to 

 those shown in bloating, only that the swelling pits on 

 pressure (on the left side) and tapping with the fingers 

 does not give the drum- like sound as heard- in the pre- 

 ceding disease; chewing the cud (rumination) stops and 

 the animal is said to have lost its cud, here again we 

 have a symptom mistaken for a disease, if digestion is 

 going on properly the cud so-called will be present, so 

 that the loss of the cud as termed by many people, is a 

 symptom of digestive trouble and needs investigation as 

 to the cause, not the giving of a so-called cud, of pork, 

 greased rags or unwholesome materials; if this condition 

 has existed for a day or so, no feces (dung) will be seen 

 to pass. 



The treatment calls for a smart purge, followed by 

 stimulants, and injections and if all these fail to relieve 

 an operation by the surgeon, who should be called for 

 such a purpose not later than two days from the onset of 

 the trouble. 



Choking in cattle is usually due to the attempt to swal- 

 low whole potatoes, pieces of turnip, old shoes, etc. ; in 



