The American Reformed Cattle Doctor: Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy managementDadd, George H.
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The American Reformed Cattle Doctor: Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy management
Dadd, George H.
Veterinary medicine
We have now that low
typhoid fever so much to be dreaded, and which characterizes the disease
in common with epizoötics.
"... The horse laboring under pleuro-pneumonia, or, indeed, any
pulmonary disease, will not lie down; but, in the same circumstances,
cattle do so as readily as in health. They do not, however, lie upon
their side, but couch upon the sternum, which is broad and flat, and
covered by a quantity of fibro-cellular substance, which serves as a
cushion; while the articulation between the lower extremities of the
ribs admits of lateral expansion of the chest. In this position cattle
generally lie towards the side principally affected, thus relieving the
sounder side, and enabling it to act more freely. There is sometimes a
shivering and general tremor, which may exist throughout the whole
course of the disease. (This is owing to a loss of equilibrium between
the nerves of nutrition and the circulation.) ... As the case advances
in severity, and runs on to an unfavorable termination, the pulse loses
its strength and becomes quicker. Respiration is in most cases attended
by a grunt at the commencement of expiration--a symptom, however, not
observable in the horse. The expired air is cold, and of a _noisome_
odor. The animal crouches. There is sometimes an apparent knuckling over
at the fetlocks, caused by pain in the joints. This symptom is mostly
observable in cases when the pleura and pericardium are affected. The
animal grinds its teeth. The appetite has now entirely failed, and the
emaciation becomes extreme. The muscles, especially those employed in
respiration, become wasted; the belly is tucked, and the flanks heave;
the oppressive uneasiness is excessive; the strength fails, under the
convulsive efforts attendant upon respiration, and the poor animal dies.
"In using means to prevent the occurrence of the disease, we should
endeavor to maintain in a sound and healthy tone the physical powers of
the stock, and to avoid whatever tends to depress the vital force.
Exposure to the influence of contagion [and infection] must be guarded
against, and, on the appearance of the disease, every precaution must be
used to prevent the healthy having communication with the sick. By a
steady pursuance, on the part of the stock proprietor, of these
precautionary measures, and by the exercise of care, prudence, and
attention, the virulence of the disease will, we are sure, be much
abated, and its progress checked."
As the reader could not be benefited by our detailing the system of
medication pursued in England,--at least we should judge not, when we
take into consideration the great loss that attends their _best
efforts_,--we shall therefore proceed to inform the reader what the
treatment ought to be in the different stages of the disease.
_General Indication of Cure in Pleuro-Pneumonia._--Restore the
suppressed evacuations, or the secretions and excretions, if they are
obstructed.
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