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Gastro-enteritis

Categories: Diseases and their Remedies

This disease--otherwise known as wood-evil, or moor-ill--arises from

eating the buds of oak, young ash, and other trees, which are of a very

highly stimulating or irritating character. As the intestinal canal is

liable to inflammatory action from irritant substances admitted into it,

animals are found to become diseased from eating too freely of these

vegetable substances.



Symptoms.--Loss of appetite and suspended rumination; mouth hot; skin

dry; pulse from sixty to seventy; swelling and pain of the belly;

obstinate constipation; faeces hard and covered with blood; urine of a

strong odor, highly colored, and voided with difficulty.



Treatment.--The animal should be bled, and a strong purgative

administered, followed by aconite and belladonna, as in enteritis.

Injections of Castile-soap and water should be freely used; the

application of the mustard, hartshorn, and water to the belly will also

be found very beneficial.



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