The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES. 379 CHEONIC INDIGESTION Is produced in various ways, and is characterized by an untliriftycondition in general. The coat is dry and staring. The animalmay be subject to slight attacks of colic, slight diarrhoea, or con-stipation. The liver is frequently affected by chronic indiges-tion, in which case there will be a yellowish tinge of all themucous membranes. The animal may have a ravenous appetite,and on the following day refuse food. Treatment.—Gi
The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES. 379 CHEONIC INDIGESTION Is produced in various ways, and is characterized by an untliriftycondition in general. The coat is dry and staring. The animalmay be subject to slight attacks of colic, slight diarrhoea, or con-stipation. The liver is frequently affected by chronic indiges-tion, in which case there will be a yellowish tinge of all themucous membranes. The animal may have a ravenous appetite,and on the following day refuse food. Treatment.—Give six drachms of aloes together with a halfdrachm of calomel. Place rock salt in the trough. Alcohol inits various forms is beneficial. Charcoal may be used withbenefit, as also bicarbonate of soda in three-drachm dosesthree times a day. He should finally be put on a course of nuxvomica. This should be given in drachm doses of the powders twice a day. GASTRITIS. Inflammation of the stomach is generally caused by takingmedicines of an irritable character, as arsenic poisoning, Fig. 106—Inflammation of the Stomach. Symptoms.—The animal manifests great pain, the pulse runsdown. The case is difficult to diagnose in the horse, but in thedog the diagnosis is easy. 380 THE STOCK owners ADVISER. Treatment.—The cause of the inflammation should be ascer-tained. If found to be due to arsenic, the hydrated sesquiocideof iron should be administered. The principal poisons and theirantidotes will be given in future pages of this work. Inflamma-tion of the stomach is invariably caused by some irritating poison. SPASMODIC COLIC. Spasmodic colic, or spasm of the intestines, is the most com-mon of all bowel diseases. It is known as gripes, belly ache, consists of a spasmodic contraction of the muscular coats ofthe intestines, which may ultimately end in inflammation. Causes,—It is due to improper food, sudden changes of diet,exhaustion from over-work, large draughts of col
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