- Profuse salivation, colic and diarrhoea are followed by muscle tremors, stiffness progressing to paralysis. At this stage cattle show marked depression with increasing severity of colic, sweating and breathing difficulties followed rapidly by death.
Treatment and control
Atropine sulphate (0.1 mg/kg injected slowly intravenously followed by 0.4 mg/kg injected subcutaneously) is repeated as necessary.