CATTLE— DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 



{'.on, and if neglected, or roughly han- 

 illed, occasionally run into ulcers, very 

 foul, and difficult to heal. 



At the time of, or a little before, the 

 appearance of the pustules, the animal 

 droops, refuses to feed, ceases to rumi- 

 nate, and labors under considerable fever. 

 The eyes are heavy and dull; the cow 

 moans and wanders about by herself, and 

 her milk materially lessens, and at length 

 is almost suspended. 



It will rarely be prudent to bleed, but 

 the bowels should be fairly opened, and 

 the fever drink, No. i given once or 

 twice in the day, according to the ap- 

 parent degree of fever. The teats should 

 be frequently washed with warm water, 

 and the Lotion for Cow-pox applied 

 morning and night. (See No. 60, Do- 

 mestic Animals, Medicines for.) 



If the ulcers become very foul, and 

 difficult to heal, they must be treated i n 

 the way recommended for garget. 



It is well known that these eruptions 

 give a similar disease to the milker. 

 Pustules appear about the joints of the 

 hand, and the ends of the fingers ; and 

 there is sometimes considerable fever, 

 pain in the head and limbs and loins, 

 shivering, vomiting, and a quickened 

 pulse. The pustules burst in three or 

 four days, and sometimes become trouble- 

 some sores difficult to heal ; and if un- 

 fortunately the patient should have rubbed 

 his cheek or his lips with the diseased 

 hand, the ulcers will appear there also. 



It was the observation that persons 

 who had had this disease of the cow were 

 usually exempt from small-pox, which led 

 to the most important discovery in medi- 

 cine that has been made in modern 

 times. 



There is another eruption on the teat 

 of the cow that bears no inconsiderable 

 resemblance to the true cow-pox, and 

 that has been confounded with it. The 

 pustules are smaller: they are not so 

 round, nor so deep ; nor have they the 

 blue color of the others, and they con- 

 tain pus or matter from the very first. 

 They will readily yield to the Ointment 

 for Sore Teats, No. 29. 



Even without any application to them, 

 the scabs usually peel off in a few days, 

 and the skin underneath is quite sound. 

 If, however, these are carelessly rubbed 



off in the act of milking, troublesome 

 ulcers are apt to ensue. 



It is of much importance to the farmer 

 to be able to distinguish between these 

 two eruptions. The first is contagious, 

 and may be communicated to the milk- 

 maid, and, by her, to other cows. It is 

 the true cow-pox. The second is not 

 contagious, and is readily got rid of. 



CATTLE, Babies, Hydrophobia.— This 

 dreadful disease is produced by the bite 

 of a rabid or mad dog. The time that 

 may elapse betweeD the bite and the 

 appearance of the malady varies from 

 three weeks to three or four months. 



The symptoms of its approach are dul- 

 ness; loss of appetite; the eyes are anx- 

 ious, protruding and red; the animal fre- 

 quently and pitifully lows, and is contin- 

 ually voiding its dung or its urine. Sali- 

 va drivels plentifully from the mouth, but 

 after a day or two the discharge dries up, 

 and is succeeded by thirst almost insatia- 

 ble; there is no hydrophobia or dread ot 

 water at any time. Presently weakness 

 of the loins and staggering appear; these 

 are succeeded by palsy of the hind limbs, 

 and the animal lingers six or seven days, 

 and dies. 



In some cases the beast is dreadfully 

 ferocious ; he runs furiously at every ob- 

 ject, stands across the path bellowing and 

 tearing up the ground, and violently at- 

 tacks and gores his companions. 



There is no cure; the most prudent 

 thing is to destroy the aninal as soon as 

 the disease is sufficiently plain. Care 

 should b2 taken that the saliva of the 

 rabid ox is not received on a wound or 

 abraded part, for it has produced the dis- 

 ease in other animals. Any wound on 

 which it has fallen should immediately 

 have the lunar caustic applied to it. 



When a mad dog has been known to 

 bite an ox, or a cow, there is a possibility 

 of their escape, for the hide is thick,. 

 and the hair is thick too, and the skin 

 may not be penetrated, or the tooth may 

 have been cleaned in passing through the 

 hair. They should be most carefully ex- 

 amined, and especially about the part c .1 

 which they were seized by the dog, and il 

 the minutest scratch can be found, Ike 

 hair must be cut off round it, and the lu- 

 nar caustic applied. That being done 

 effectually, and every bite being discov- 

 ered and operated on, the animal is safe ; 



