PREVENTION, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT 2 7 



horse, cathartics and diuretics — Epsom salts (§iv) in very little 

 water in the morning and the following as«a diuretic : ^ fluidextract 

 of digitalis, §ss ; oil of juniper, 3i ; spirit of nitrous ether ; §ii in one- 

 half pint of water thrice daily. 



Cattle may be punctured on the right side midway between the 

 navel and loose skin in front of the stifle. If gestation is the asso- 

 ciated cause, and the ascites is slight, recovery will occur with good 

 care and feeding. To cattle a tonic powder consisting of equal 

 parts ferri carb., potass, nitrat., and pulv. gentian, may be given 

 in tablespoonful doses t. i. d. on the food — together with one-half 

 pound of sodium sulph., and Ji each of molasses and ginger, night 

 and morning. Too much catharsis, however, may aggravate the 

 anemia. 



Food containing the most nourishment in concentrated form is 

 always advisable, as grains for the larger animals and cooked meat 

 for dogs. 



In cases with marked cachexia, slaughter will be best. 



Balanitis in the Ox. 



This is common from retained smegma, urine and sediment 

 crystallizing from fermentation of the same. Inflammation with the 

 formation of pus and occlusion of sheath by phimosis follow. 

 Distention of the bladder and obstruction of the bowels succeed the 

 blocking of the urinary meatus. Examination of the sheath and per 

 rectum should therefore always be made in complete constipation or 

 urinary retention. 



Treatment. — This is surgical. In complete retention perineal 

 section must be done or otherwise the sheath is to be freely incised 

 below and backward in the median line and the sheath thoroughly 

 cleansed with the finger or spoon and 1-5,000 corrosive solution 

 injected forcibly into the sac with a syringe. The daily application 

 of a one per cent, zinc sulphate solution thereafter is indicated. 



Injury to the Sheath and Penis of the Bull and Ox. — 



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