. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. DISEASES OF THE OX AND SHEEP. 507 division. A more or less disordered process of digestion is apt to occur in all kinds of animals for long periods of time. The dis- turbance of this function may arise in consequence of irregular feeding, inferior or bad food, want of exercise and confinement, insufficient or improper ventilation, and other sanitary short- comings and faults, or from exposure. It may be due to the presence of foreign bodies or parasites, or to any cause which may obstruct the functions of t
. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. DISEASES OF THE OX AND SHEEP. 507 division. A more or less disordered process of digestion is apt to occur in all kinds of animals for long periods of time. The dis- turbance of this function may arise in consequence of irregular feeding, inferior or bad food, want of exercise and confinement, insufficient or improper ventilation, and other sanitary short- comings and faults, or from exposure. It may be due to the presence of foreign bodies or parasites, or to any cause which may obstruct the functions of the skin or damage the system generally, and thereby weaken all the vital processes. Again, it may be due to a disordered or disturbed condition of ^>*^.)^%s Villi. Fig. 67.—Chronic Indigestion. An ox which suffers from a chronic form of indigestion, may, like the cow in the above picture, present signs of a depraved appetite. At the outset of the disease, indeed, the symptoms may merely consist of an irregular and slightly diminished appetite, which, however, may soon afterwards assume an extra- ordinary character. The animal may lick the walls, stones, wood-work, and even show a tendency to take into the mouth dirty straw, sand, stones, dung, and all kinds of filth. The coat is staring, the skin is dry, the flanks are hollow, unless they be inflated by reason of the presence of gases in the rumen, there may he much loss of flesh, and altogether the ox may present a most miserable appearance, which is very adequately represented in the above illustration. the nervous system, such as is connected with the state of pregnancy; or, once more, it may be due to cancerous or other disease of the stomach, or to stricture of the pyloric orifice (that which connects the stomach with the intestines) ; or it may be brought on by the habit of drinking large draughts of cold water, or from the fact that the herbage is too scarce or indi- gestible and innutritious ; or from cold and incl
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