Manual of veterinary homeopathy : $b comprising diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, dogs and poultry and their homeopathic treatmentHumphreys, F. (Frederick)
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Manual of veterinary homeopathy : $b comprising diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, dogs and poultry and their homeopathic treatment
Humphreys, F. (Frederick)
Homeopathic veterinary medicine
When a mad dog has entered a fold, it is often difficult to determine
which sheep have been bitten and which remain untouched. Careful
examination, one by one, should be made; still uncertainty remains. The
symptoms appear from two to ten or twelve weeks after attack, and are
similar to those which appear in other animals. The sheep annoy and
chase each other, cease to feed, lose flesh, are restless, and manifest
strong and unnatural sexual desire. Ewes become stupified and paralyzed,
and die, often without a struggle. Lambs have convulsive fits,
terminated by death. Rams and wethers, butt their heads against the
ground, palings, banks and one another; running full tilt, with great
violence and frequency, so as to tear the skin from their foreheads.
They usually die in from 3 to 6 days.
TREATMENT.—A.A., should be given every day, to all the flock, for a few
days, then once a week for several weeks. If an animal develops the
symptoms it should be killed at once, since there is no known cure.
However few animals or persons bitten by supposedly mad dogs ever
develop the disease.
Dizziness, Staggers, Sturdy, Turn-Sick, Gid.
This is a very dangerous and not infrequent disease. Its immediate cause
is the presence of a small worm, inclosed in a hydatid or sack of fluid,
and located either within the substances of the brain, or beneath the
bones of the cranium. These hydatids vary in size, number and position,
being found on the right or left side, indicated by the animal turning
to the right or left, or in the centre of the median line, in which case
it may turn to either side, or not at all, the animal carrying the head
down. When the hydatid occupies the back of the head, the animal holds
the head high, and runs straight forward, throwing itself on any object
it meets.
SYMPTOMS.—As above indicated, the symptoms consist of various forms of
turning, whirling around or standing still, etc. At first, when the
hydatids are small, there may be but little or nothing to indicate their
presence; but as they grow larger, they press upon the bone, and even
enlarge or remove a great portion of it. One side of the head may be
enormously enlarged, or the bone become quite thin, so that the
situation of the cyst may be thus known, and sometimes a small hole may
be discerned. The sacks are more frequently on the left side.
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