DYSENTERY.
This malady may be treated in the same manner as diarrhœa. Should blood and slime be voided in large quantities, the excrement emit a fetid odor, and the animal waste rapidly, then, in addition to the mucilaginous drink, administer the following:—
| Powdered charcoal, | 1 tea-spoonful. |
| Powdered golden seal, | half a tea-spoonful. |
To be given, in hardhack tea, as occasion may require.
A small quantity of charcoal, given three times a day, with boiled food, will frequently cure the disease, alone.
Dysentery is sometimes mistaken for diarrhœa; but they may be distinguished by the following characteristics:—
1st. Diarrhœa most frequently attacks weak animals; whereas dysentery ofttimes attacks animals in good condition.
2d. Dysentery generally attacks sheep in the hot months; on the other hand, diarrhœa terminates at the commencement of the hot season.
3d. In diarrhœa, there are scarcely any feverish symptoms, and no straining before evacuation, as in dysentery.