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Acorn Poisoning in Cattle
Urinary Depos£ts itt .Cats.
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ACORN POISONING IN CATTLE. By II . YEOMANS, M.R.C.V. S. Kiddermi17ster. DURING the last month or six weeks, practitioners in districts where oak trees were found had had many cases of acorn poisoning in cattle. In the writer's experience the symptoms in most cases had been as follow s: The animal seemed heavy, depressed , and listless, with loss of appetite and cud; there was constipation, a doughy condition of the rumen on palpation, and grunts. In fact the symptoms were those of acute digestive disturbance. Later on the .eyes had a sunken appearance, diarrhcea set in, the fc.eces being dark coloured, offensive, and blood stained. The temperature at first was normal, and later subnormal, and in fatal cases death took place in fr om about three to seven days. Judging by the report of the number of deaths that had occurred recently, the treatment up to the present had not been so satisfactory as they could wish. He knew of no specific antidote, and his only reason for bringing the subject forward was that he hoped to gain some information from the discussion . The best results had been obtained by the early administration of a fairly large saline aperient combined with vegetable bitters, and followed by ant-acids, stimulants, &c. , demulcent and' nutrient drinks such as boiled linseed, new milk, &c . It certainly did seem that in tho se cases where the aperient was given early, the results were much better than when the practitioner was called in later on, as was too often the case .
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ACORN POISONING IN CATTLE. By II . YEOMANS, M.R.C.V. S. Kiddermi17ster. DURING the last month or six weeks, practitioners in districts where oak trees were found had had many cases of acorn poisoning in cattle. In the writer's experience the symptoms in most cases had been as follow s: The animal seemed heavy, depressed , and listless, with loss of appetite and cud; there was constipation, a doughy condition of the rumen on palpation, and grunts. In fact the symptoms were those of acute digestive disturbance. Later on the .eyes had a sunken appearance, diarrhcea set in, the fc.eces being dark coloured, offensive, and blood stained. The temperature at first was normal, and later subnormal, and in fatal cases death took place in fr om about three to seven days. Judging by the report of the number of deaths that had occurred recently, the treatment up to the present had not been so satisfactory as they could wish. He knew of no specific antidote, and his only reason for bringing the subject forward was that he hoped to gain some information from the discussion . The best results had been obtained by the early administration of a fairly large saline aperient combined with vegetable bitters, and followed by ant-acids, stimulants, &c. , demulcent and' nutrient drinks such as boiled linseed, new milk, &c . It certainly did seem that in tho se cases where the aperient was given early, the results were much better than when the practitioner was called in later on, as was too often the case .