. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. DISEASES OB' THE OX AND SHEEP. 623 manifests itself by inflammation of the lining membrane of the large intestines. It may be accompanied by ulceration. Dysentery may follow neglected diarrhoea or such as is extreme or protracted, or it may result from the taking of unwholesome food, or from exposure to cold, or from placing animals in wet or badly-drained meadows, as a culmination in some cases of scrofula, as a complication of certain other diseases, or in con- sequence of the ingestion of some kinds of p
. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. DISEASES OB' THE OX AND SHEEP. 623 manifests itself by inflammation of the lining membrane of the large intestines. It may be accompanied by ulceration. Dysentery may follow neglected diarrhoea or such as is extreme or protracted, or it may result from the taking of unwholesome food, or from exposure to cold, or from placing animals in wet or badly-drained meadows, as a culmination in some cases of scrofula, as a complication of certain other diseases, or in con- sequence of the ingestion of some kinds of poison. The disease. Fig. 69.—An Ox in a rather late stage of a severe attack of Acute Dysentery. In the above illustration, a beast suffering from acute Dysentery, and evidently so enfeebled that it can stand upright only with much difficulty, is depicted. As not unfrequently occurs in the case of animals afflicted with this disease, this particular ox is represented as being very thirsty, and in the act of drinking as eagerly as its weakened and debilitated condition will allow—an indulgence for which the poor creature must probably ere long fall to the earth and pay its last debt to Mother Nature. In the picture the back is seen to be' arched, the tail is held away and at a distance from the body, the ears are drooping, the eyes half-closed, the flanks and the belly are very thin and display what is sometimes designated a " tucked-up" appearance, tlie hair stands upright on the skin, the outlines of some of the ribs may be observed, and altogether the general look might be taken as a true presentment of disease and emaciation and pain to which all animals, and human beings also, are unfortunately liable to be subjected. may be acute or of a more chronic character. If it is acute, there is fever together with slight abdominal pain, and the animal stands with arched back, constantly straining, and passing a small quantity of watery material tinged with blood. Ther
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