DISEASES AND TEEATMENT OF CATTLE. 287 



FOREIGN SUBSTANCES IN THE EYE. 



Sometimes chaff, barley-beards or small pieces of stick get 

 into the eye and become lodged there. 



Symptoms. ^The animal suffers very much ; tears run down 

 Dver the cheek ; the eye becomes very much inflamed and dim, and 

 if allowed to run on the sight will soon become covered with a 

 white scum. If you catch the animal and examine the eye closely 

 you will find out what is in it. 



Treatment. — In all cases catch the animal and examine the 

 eye closely, and when you find out the cause of the trouble remove 

 it, then bathe the eye every day with new milk or luke warm 

 ivater; wipe dry and apply, in and around the eye every time a'fter 

 bathing, the eye wash mentioned in the receipts at the back of 

 ;his book. Keep this treatment up till the eye is better. 

 A GROWTH ON THE HAW OF THE EYE. 



This is a red growth in the irmer corner of the eye, caused by 

 some irritation of the haw of the eye, which is a piece of cartilage 

 or tough membrane that fits across the inner corner of the eye. 



Symptoms. — At first the eye looks sore and angry in the inner 

 :orner and runs water freely, afterwards followed by the red, 

 angry looking growth growing out of the corner of the eye. The 

 jrowth may vary from the size of a marble to a small hen's egg. 



Treatment. — Secure the animal by throwing it the same as 

 mentioned for castrating bulls. Have the head held firmly on the 

 g-round, take hold of the growth with a small hook, or anything 

 :hat you can hold it with ; pull the growth out of the eye far 

 enough to get under it with a pair of scissors and clip it off ; there 

 IS usually very little bleeding or trouble with it afterward ; bathe 

 ihe eye with new milk once a day, wipe dry and apply the eye 

 kvash. 



SORE OR INFLAMED EYES IN CATTLE. 



Causes. — From getting cold in the eyes or from an injury. 



Symptoms. — Tears run freely, and the eyes are very weak and 

 red looking, and if not relieved a scum soon forms over the sight 

 of the eye. 



Treatment. — Bathe well twice a day with new milk or luke 

 warm water, and each time after bathing wipe dry and apply the 

 eye wash. 



CATARACT OF THE EYE IN CATTLE. 



This is very rarely met with in cattle, and for information re- 

 garding it look up cataract of the eye in horses, for the causes, 

 symptoms and treatment are the same. 



