There is usually marked thirst, the bowels are costive, and dung is passed with pain and effort.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
I had a case of a calf that got very costive-so bad that it moaned dreadfully from pain.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie
A costive reserve on these subjects might have procured me more esteem from some people, but less from myself.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson