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udder. Sudden changes of temperature, as hot days and cold 

 nights, may be a cause of garget. 



Symptoms. There is a swelling of a part or the whole of the 

 udder, with heat, tenderness, and a hard feeling. It is in some 

 cases so tender and sore that the animal will refuse to have it 

 touched or handled. Instead of natural milk, a thin, yellowish 

 fluid is drawn from the teat, which soon becomes thicker and 

 in curdled lumps, and has a bad smell. The animal is more or 

 less stiff and lame in the hind quarters and especially on the 

 side where the swelling is. The animal is restless, fever- 

 ish, and has lost her appetite. Milder cases generally yield 

 readily to treatment, while in some of the severer forms the 

 udder becomes mortified and great portions of it slough off. In 

 other cases abscesses form in the affected quarters, which have 

 to be freely opened to let the pus escape. If a cow recovers from 

 a case of garget she seldom regains her full flow of milk until 

 after her next calf. Where abscesses form, or where mortifica- 

 tion and sloughing sets in, the quarter or whole udder is gener- 

 ally destroyed. 



Treatment. Give the cow a physic, as No. 2, and give the 

 following: 



Tincture of aconite 20 drops. 



Nitrate of potash 4 drams. 



Water 1 pint. 



Mix, and give as a drench, and repeat every four hours 

 until four or six doses have been given. 



If the udder is much swollen it should be supported with a 

 large bandage padded softly with cotton and such like. Cut 

 holes in the bandages for the teats to come through. Bathe the 

 bag well for an hour at a time, and apply the following, which 



