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poultices. Keep clean and treat as an ordinary wound. 

 The following prescription will be found very effective 

 in Foot Rot : Oil of Origanum, four ounces ; Oil of Pisis, 

 four ounces; Oil of Turpentine, four ounces. Saturate 

 oakum or cotton with the above liniment placing between 

 the digits and bandage. Feed laxative food, as hot wheat 

 bran mashes and vegetables. 



FOUNDER 



(Laminitis) 



Inflammation of the internal, sensitive structure of 

 the foot. 



Cause: Overfeeding, overheating, driving on rough, 

 stony soil. Cattle confined to stand on hard floors with- 

 out exercise frequently suffer from Founder. 



Symptoms : The animals lie down a great part of the 

 time. Feet hot and tender and if made to walk they do so 

 with great difficulty. One or all four feet may become 

 affected, although it is more frequently found in the 

 front feet. The temperature is somewhat elevated, vary- 

 ing from 104° to 106° F., breathing very rapid, appetite 

 fairly good and there will be great thirst. Founder in 

 cows reduces the milk secretion, owing to the great fever 

 that is present. 



Treatment: Apply cold packs to the feet, ice packs 

 preferred. If the animal can be made to stand in a 

 stream of water having a soft bottom, it, perhaps, is the 

 best method of cooling out the feet. Give a physic of 

 Aloin, three drams; Pulv. Gentian Root, two drams. 

 Place in a gelatin capsule and give with capsule gun. To 

 their drinking water add two or three drams of Potassi 

 Nitrate three or four times daily. Animals suffering 

 with Founder should be provided with soft ground to 

 stand on, as their feet will be tender and subject to the 

 chronic form of the disease. 



