Laxatives

29.2.3 Laxatives MAGNESIUM SULFATE (EPSOM SALTS)

Dissolve the salts in warm water and drench, or use a stomach tube. The animal must also have adequate water to drink, or the Epsom salts will not work effectively.

a. Animal: All animals (except last 2 months of pregnancy).

b. Dosage: Cattle/buffalo 200-300 gram.

Sheep/goats 25-50 gram.

c. Freq.: Only once or twice in all.

d. How: Mix with warm water and feed orally. Magnesium sulfate will not work without water.

MINERAL OIL

Indications: Mineral oil is also known as white petrolatum, liquid petrolatum, liquid paraffin and white mineral oil. It is a tasteless, odorless, transparent, colorless, oily liquid that is insoluble in water. It is most commonly used in horses to treat constipation, and fecal impaction and is also used as a laxative in other species. Some people also it use to cause loose stools and move poison out of the intestinal tract as diarrhea.

Warning: Mineral oil must be given by stomach tube to prevent going into the lungs and causing pneumonia.

a. Animal: All animals b. Dosage: Horse, cattle, buffalo 1-4 liters Sheep, goats, swine 100-500 ml.

c. Freq.: Only once or twice in all.

d. How: By stomach tube