. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. 536 THE DISEASES AND DISOEDERS OF THE OX. abdomen, and invests more or less completely the whole of the intestines and stomach, the liver, spleen, kidneys, and other organs contained in the abdominal cavity. Though rather frequently met with in the horse, it is fortunately very rare in the ox, sheep, and pig. The disease generally comes on after wounds of various kinds; such, for instance, as that produced by the passage of sharp foreign bodies from out the stomach to the neighbouring structures, or that oc
. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. 536 THE DISEASES AND DISOEDERS OF THE OX. abdomen, and invests more or less completely the whole of the intestines and stomach, the liver, spleen, kidneys, and other organs contained in the abdominal cavity. Though rather frequently met with in the horse, it is fortunately very rare in the ox, sheep, and pig. The disease generally comes on after wounds of various kinds; such, for instance, as that produced by the passage of sharp foreign bodies from out the stomach to the neighbouring structures, or that occasioned by the operation of rumenotomy or other similar operations in which the inflammation is produced as a result of the accidental contact of foreign material with it. The animal sufl"ers pain, is dull. I Fn;. 72—Peritonitis. In the above illustration a cow afflicted with Peritonitis is depicted. Th animal is seen to be looking round to the flank, as if to see whence proceeds the cause of the pain endured ; yet the inquiry seems to be without satisfactory result, and the poor creature appears dismayed and puzzled, and resigned to its sufferings. and anxious, looks round occasionally at its flank, moans, grinds the teeth, paws the ground with the fore-feet, shivers repeatedly, especially in the region of the hind-legs and flanks. The bowels become constipated, the pulse is hard, and the extremities are cold, and become colder as the disease advances, the chewing of the cud is suspended, the appetite is lost, the bowels are acutely constipated ; but this stage may be followed by a profuse, watery, and ])erhaps even bloody diarrhcea, the belly is swollen, tense, and tender, especially near the injured part, the urine is scanty in atuount and high-coloured, the pulse is hard, frequent, and wiry, the breathing is quick, laboured, and thoracic, the diaphragm (the wall which separates the cavity of tlie chest from that of the al)donien) being fixed as much as possible, on
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