84 ROE ON CATTLE. 



Pu^rpral Fever. 



Puerpral Fever is a disease of an inflamma- 

 tory type. It usually attacks cattle which have 

 been stall fed and are fat; and attacks them 

 within a fortnight after calving; and may occur 

 within a few hours. 



SYMPTOMS. 



There is loss of appetite, accelerated pulse 

 and respiration, tongue slightly coated, mouth 

 hot and clammy, muzzle dry. There is wildness 

 about the eyes, with some twitching of the 

 muscles. The cow soon grates her teeth, foams 

 at the mouth, dashes her head on the floor, &c. 

 The udder becomes swollen, and the secretion of 

 milk is partly suspended. 



PREVENTION. 



Stop luxuriant feeding for ten days before 

 calving and five days after. 



TBEATMENT. 



When the disease is present, give, at once, 

 twenty drops of the Tincture of Aconite Root, 

 and J ounce Opium, in powder, in a bottle of 

 thin gruel. Repeat this dose in half an hour. 

 The Aconite must be repeated every four hours 

 without the Opium, until four or live doses have 

 been given. Place chopped ice in a bag on the 

 forehead, and attach it to the horns, renewing it 

 when needed. This being done quickly; at more 

 leisure get Epsom Salts, 1 pound; Table Salt, 1 

 pound; Ginger, ^ an ounce; mix and dissolve in 

 cold water, with Molasse$ to sweeten, and give 



