CATTLE— CARE AND MANAGEMENT. 



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CATTLE, Angle Berries. — These are 

 little warty tumors growing on various 

 parts of the skin. They are unpleasant 

 to the eye, and they sometimes become 

 very sore. 



They are a sad nuisance about the 

 teats, and often render the cow very 

 difficult to milk; and, on the eyelids, they 

 are a source of perpetual torment to the 

 animal. The- easiest and surest way to 

 remove them is to tie a piece of waxed 

 silk firmly round the base of each, and to 

 tighten it every day ; by means of this 

 the tumor will drop off, and rarely grow 

 again ; there will be no bleeding, and the 

 neighboring parts will not be inoculated. 



If they are so numerous and large that 

 it is necessary to have recourse to the 

 cautery, the heated iron should be im- 

 mediately applied to the angle berry. 

 The bleeding will thus be readily stopped, 

 and the tumor will not sprout anew 



If they are early attended to, and 

 before they have reached any considera- 

 ble size, they will gradually disappear 

 when they are daily touched with the 

 nitrate of silver, either in substance or in 

 the form of a strong solution. The strong 

 nitrous acid will answer the same pur- 

 pose. When there is an inveterate dis- 

 position to the growth of these berries, 

 the iodine may be given, as already 

 directed, with every prospect of success. 



CATTLE, Clue-bound, Fardel-bound.— 

 These are different terms for costiveness, 

 to which cattle are often subject, and 

 especially in the beginning of almost all 

 inflammatory complaints. The dung gets 

 more tenacious and harder, and is forced 

 away in very small quantities. There is 

 considerable dryness of the muzzle, heat 

 of the mouth, quickness of the pulse, 

 anxiety of the countenance, and every 

 indication of fever. Sometimes the disease 

 is evidently in the bowels principally or 

 entirely; at other times it is only the 

 symptom or accompaniment of other 

 diseases. It always requires immediate 

 attention, and may be considered as 

 highly dangerous. Bleeding will be very 

 useful, not only as lowering the fever, but 

 disposing the purgative medicine to act 

 more speedily. After bleeding, the bowels 

 should be attacked in good earnest. The 

 physic drinks already recommended 

 should be given — at first, the mild Purg- 

 ing Drink, No. 2. If that, repeated after 



an interval of six hours, is not successful, 

 the Strong Physic Drink, No. 47, should 

 be tried; and if that also fails, a pound 

 of common salt should be administered, 

 and repeated four hours afterwards. This 

 will seldom deceive, in extreme cases,, 

 although, from its irritating the bowels a 

 little too much, it is not a purgative to be 

 recommended in ordinary cases. 



The action of the purgatives will be 

 hastened, and generally secured, by the 

 use of injections. Haifa pailful of warm 

 water, in which Epsom salt or common 

 salt has been dissolved, may be thrown 

 up every two or three hours. 



After the obstruction has been once 

 overcome, the continued exhibition of 

 mild purgatives will be prudent, for the 

 costiveness is too apt to return. The 

 Sulphur Purging Drink, No. 7, will be 

 the best medicine for this purpose. The 

 food should be mashes principally, or 

 young succulent grass. 



CALVES, Canker in the Mouth.— The 

 teeth of the young calf follow each other 

 in rapid succession and, as is the case 

 with the human infant, the cutting of the 

 teeth is attended by soreness of the 

 mouth, and disinclination to eat. Nu- 

 merous pimples often appear about the 

 gums and membrane of the mouth, and 

 these are often run together, considerable 

 ulceration follows, and the animal pines 

 away through lack of nutriment. The 

 gums and tongue are sometimes consid- 

 erably swollen, and no small degree of 

 fever is excited. The first business is to 

 evacuate the bowels. Epsom salts will 

 here also constitute the preferable medi- 

 cine, given in doses of one or two ounces,, 

 and repeated daily until the proper effect 

 is produced. Asa local application, equal 

 parts of tincture of myrrh and water may 

 be advantageously applied to the mouth, 

 or a solution of common alum in water 

 in the proportion of half an ounce of 

 alum to a pint of water. Should any con- 

 siderable degree of fever accompany the 

 soreness of the mouth, the fever drink al- 

 ready recommended may be given in half 

 doses, with a scruple of magnesia added 

 to each. 



CATTLE PHARYNX, Inflammation of 

 the. — See Cattle, Throat, Inflamma- 

 tion of THE. 



