DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE 425 
Symptoms. — The first symptoms are dullness and drowsi- 
less and the patient stands with its head pressed up against 
a wall or fence, its legs continue moving as if it were going 
to >valk directly through whatever its head is pressed against. 
When walking it has a staggering gait. The bowels are 
costive and the urine is of a dark-red color. After these symp- 
toms pass off the animal gets delirious and acts as if it were 
mad, bellows, stamps its feet, grates its teeth,, frothes at the 
moutii, rans about waldly, and, if in the stable, rears up into 
the manger. 
Treatment. — In the first stages, when the animal is dull, 
bleed it, taking four quarts of blood away, and give 
Epsom Sait.« 1 pound. 
Bitter Aloes 1 ounce. 
Ginger 1 dessertspoonful. 
Bicarbonatf: of Soda 1 dessertspoonful. 
Mix in a quart of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 
Keep the animal in a quiet, shady place. Apply a mustard 
plaster to the back, keep the body warm and apply ice to its 
head in a bag. Give 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce o- 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 10 to 15 drops. 
Mix in a pint of cold water and give every five hours, 
until better. Give plenty of cold water to drink in small 
quantities and feed soft food. Give an injection mto the anus 
of half a pail of lukewarm water and soap twice a day to 
assist the movement of the bowels. 
3. Sunstroke. 
This very rarely occurs in cattle. The causes, symptoms 
and treatment are the same as those of the horse, only in 
giving a physic use one pound of Epsom salts along with the 
bitter aloes. 
4. Lockjaw (Tetanus). 
This disease is rarely met with in cattle. 
Causes. — Tt is usually met with following operations, or 
wounds of any kind, and sometimes it ccmes on from causes 
unknown. 
Symptoms. — If from a wound just when it is healing the 
muscles all over the body are contracted and hard. The 
animal has a stiff way of walking. The tail is stiff and con- 
tinues working like a snake. The jaws become partially set, 
