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womb with water which has been boiled and cooled 

 These applications should be made two or three times 

 a day while the os uteri (7) remains open, but after the 

 OS closes the application once a day should be continued 

 for ten days. 



Other antiseptic solutions, as carbolic acid 1 to 40 

 parts A\ater, or corrosive sublimate 1 to 3,000 or 1 to 

 5,000 parts water, may be used, but requires to be washed 

 out in a very short time because of the poisonous nature 

 of the drugs. 



The tail and other parts near the vulva should be fre- 

 quently cleaned with the antiseptic solution employed. 



An ordinary fountain or a rubber bulb syringe may be 

 used for injecting solutions. The nozzle should be car- 

 ried arm's length into the womb. 



To disinfect bulls the nozzle of the syringe is intro- 

 duced into the prepuce, and the fore-sldn is held tightly 

 about the nozzle until the cavity flows full. The practice 

 of irrigating the genital organs with antiseptic solu- 

 tions just prior to service is not to be encouraged, since 

 conception is very uncertain after such applications. 

 Every precaution should be taken to disinfect premises 

 occupied by aborting animals. All dead foetuses and 

 membranes should be burned or enveloped in quick- 

 lime and burned. 



Litter in the stall where abortion occurs should be 

 piled up in a corner, or, better, shoveled into a box and 

 mixed with milk of lime (1 measure of freshly slaked 

 lime with 2 measures of water). Mop the stalls with 

 bluestone solution (4 pounds bluestone, 4 pounds fresh 

 lime, dissolved in 40 gallons of water), and whitewash 

 as soon as dry. 



Abortion occurring in cows which have been pur- 

 chased from herds the reputation of which are not known 

 should arouse suspicion and be isolated from other ani- 



