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CHAPTER XXIII. 

 PARTURITION PARTURIENT DISEASES. 



For a description of the general remarks on parturition in the 

 cow, we will refer you to those given under this heading in the 

 Horse Department. 



All such troubles as abortion, barrenness, natural presenta- 

 tions, unnatural presentations, retention of the afterbirth, in- 

 version of the womb, inflammation of the womb, bleeding after 

 parturition, whites, etc., are fully described under their respec- 

 tive headings in the Horse Department, and can be referred to 

 there. 



MILK FEVEE. 



There are three or four diseases that follow calving, such as 

 parturient paralysis, parturient apoplexy, garget, etc., and the 

 name Milk Fever is applied to them as v whole by most dairy- 

 men. We will describe them later on. All animals, and more 

 especially cows, have more or less fever after delivery of their 

 young. It is due to the nervous shock and the agonizing pain 

 they have to endure at this time. 



Symptoms. The animal is somewhat dull, and has more or 

 less fever according to the severity of the case. The appetite 

 may be impaired, and the bag sometimes becomes swollen and 

 feverish. 



Treatment. Give the cow a physic, as No. 1, and give J ounce 

 of nitrate of potash and 25 drops of tincture of aconite in one 

 pint of water as a drench three times a day for one or two days. 

 Milk her often, and bathe the bag well two or three times a day 



