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syringe. If too much of the drug is being used the animal will sweat 

 profusely, try to vomit, flow saliva, indicate severe pain and have symp- 

 toms of choking and spasms may be indicated. 1 ounce (2 tablespoon- 

 fuls) of 10 per cent solution of ammonia or three or four pints of cof- 

 fee are the antidotes for poisoning, but if directions above are followed 

 and the animal is exercised for a while after each injection poisoning is 

 not likely to occur in a severe form. However, mild symptoms of ex- 

 citement may develop occasionally after giving veratrine. 



LICE INFECTED CATTLE 



Lice may cause an unthrifty condition in cattle, however death due 

 soley to lice is not unknown. I am of the opinion that the loss in gains 

 and loss by death from lice is larger than most people think. This is 

 especially true among cattle under one year old. 



There are blue and red lice that effect cattle. The blue lice are 

 more frequently met with than the red ones. The blue lice sucks the 

 blood while the red lice bite. Lice are found in the greatest numbers 

 on the muzzle, head, neck, shoulders and; along the spine. Lice are 

 more often met with when the cattle are kept in barns a large portion of 

 the time. 



TREATMENT 



In cold weather when dips can not be used a large number of the 

 parasites can be killed by brushing the calfs head, neck, shoulders and 

 spine with equal parts of lard and coal oil. In warm weather, one 

 gallon of dip to 25 or .30 gallon of water should be sprinkled over the 

 entire body till all parts are moist with the solution. Since lice lay eggs 

 it is necessary to repeat the treatment in ten days to kill the lice that 

 hatch aftdr the first treatment. 



FLY BLOW. MAGGOTS 



The blow fly often deposits its eggs in open wounds of the flesh, and 

 in a very few days these eggs develop into a larvae which feeds upon 

 the flesh of the open wound eating and growing very rapidly. Such 

 wounds are not always easy to heal if the maggots have been in it for 

 several days, 



