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victims of Mammitis. Infections in the teat from insert- 

 ing dirty instruments, as using a bicycle pump for the 

 treatment of Milk Fever. Cows with a retained after- 

 birth are likely to infect the udder by switching their tail. 

 This condition is very common in heavy milkers follow- 

 ing calving. 



Symptoms: The animal chills, hair stands, tempera- 

 ture elevated from one to three degrees above normal; 

 ears, horns and legs cold, which may suddenly become 



Guernsey Cow Murne Cowan 19597 A. E. 1906. Sire Fan- 

 tasia's Jeweller 7259; Dam Janet Brown 12403. 



(Year's record 2400S.0 lbs. Milk; 1098.18 lbs. Butter Fat.) 



Owned by O. C. Barber, Akron, Ohio. 



very hot; pulse rapid, breathing hurried, bag hard and 

 swollen and very tender on pressure. When attempts are 

 made to milk, a watery substance comes away, almost 

 colorless at first, but later becomes tinged with blood and 

 pus and has a fetid odor. The cow's muzzle is dry, appe- 

 tite poor, but great thirst exists. This condition may 

 affect one or more quarters of the udder. Abscesses may 

 form and the udder break and a thick yellowish pus oozes 

 out or the milk glands may solidify and cause hard, lumpy 

 growths in the udder. 



