DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE 
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numbers of cattle of the same community are frequently af- 
fected before the disease can be got under control. 
Symptoms. — A rough, staring coat is the first indication 
of the presence of this disease. There are spells of shivering 
and a hot, dry condition of the mouth and muzzle. The pulse 
and temperature rise while the mouth, lips, tongue, teats and 
udder are sore, red and swollen. About the second or third 
day small pustules which have formed break and discharge; 
saliva dribbles from the mouth as the tongue is kept mcjving 
about in the mouth. These symptoms are accompanied by 
imeasiness, stiffness, soreness and inclination to lie down. 
Severe cases have been known when the hoofs even 
dropped off. 
Treatment. — ^The disease runs its course in about fifteen 
days and in the generality of cases good care is sufficient to 
bring the patient through safely. The diet should be of soft 
food with plenty of pure, clean water to drink. Put a tea- 
spoonful of saltpetre in the food or drinking water three 
times a day. This has a tendency to reduce the fever. Much 
attention must be given to the feet. If very sore poultice 
with hot linseed, change twice a day for a few days, after 
which use the following lotion: 
Sugar of Lead ...1 ounce. 
Carbolic Acid 2 drams. 
Laudanum '. 1 ounce. 
Water 1 pint. 
Mix, shake well and apply to the feet three times a day. 
Should there be much separation apply tar and bandage. 
During this treatment no exercise should be allov/ed, and 
should there be extreme weakness give two ounces of whisky 
or brandy mixed in a pint of oatmeal gruel three times a day. 
3. Consumption (Tuberculosis). 
This disease is a contagious one, caused by germs called 
the bacillus tuberculosis. It has been known for centuries 
and there has been laws passed calling for the destruction of 
affected animals, and also forbidding the meat to be used as 
food. It is known in all the civilized world. It may affect 
the lungs, bowels, liver, kidneys, bladder, brain or spinal cord, 
or any other part of the body. The germs in the affected 
cattle come away from the lungs by coughing, or flows away 
in the saliva from the affected animal's mouth, fall on the 
^irass, in mangers, pails and such like, and other animals fol- 
