DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COLIC AND ENTERITIS ──────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────── COLIC │ ENTERITIS ──────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────── The attack is sudden. │The disorder generally comes on │gradually. The pain is intermittent. │The pain is incessant and │increases. The pain is relieved by friction │The pain is aggravated by friction and motion. │and movement. Debility is not a characteristic │Debility is very characteristic. till near the end of the disorder.│ TREATMENT.—The A.A., is the appropriate remedy for this disease, and may be given, five drops every one, two or three hours, according to the urgency of the disease. In cases of extreme distress it may be alternated with the F.F., at intervals of a half hour or hour, until relieved. But usually the first named Remedy will be quite sufficient. Diarrhea Purging is most common in spring, and is then occasioned by fresh grass, to which the flock are unaccustomed; lambs are subject to a severe and often fatal form of this complaint, caused by the irritation of grass eaten for the first time. In some instances it may be occasioned by cold or by a peculiar irritation of the mother’s milk. SYMPTOMS.—The disease is manifested by discharge of various colors, and sometimes very profuse. It is accompanied with loss of appetite and wasting of flesh. TREATMENT.—If the discharge is merely the effort of nature to rid the system of some hurtful substance, it will require no interference. But if it is excessive or wasting, three or five drops of the F.F., given morning and night, will usually be sufficient to arrest the disease. Flukes, or Rottenness This term is applied to the condition caused by the presence of fluke worms in the liver or bile ducts, where they sometimes exist in large numbers, causing great swelling of the liver. CAUSE.—The disease is chiefly developed in low districts, and after damp seasons. The worms are taken in with the food and developed in the liver. SYMPTOMS.—Depression, sadness, inertness, loss of appetite; watery, red, yellowish, purulent eyes; yellowish tint of all parts not covered with hair; fœtid smell of nose and mouth; hard skin; dull, erect hair; irregularity of excrement, which is white, watery and fœtid. TREATMENT.—The principal remedies are A.A., at first, and then, after a day, alternate C.C., with the A.A., a dose once in three or four hours. Constipation