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Rupture Ventral Hernia. 



When one of the abdominal organs escape through a rupture in the abdominal 

 muscles, the skin remaining intact, it is called a rupture and is caused by falls, kicks 

 or blows. 



Treatment. When possible push the hernia back into the abdomen. 

 Then place a layer of melted pitch and turpentine on the skin over the hernia, 

 cover with a layer of soft cloth, then a new layer of pitch and turpentine is spread 

 on the cloth. Then cover this with a piece of pasteboard which in turn is covered 

 with the same preparation. Place a bandage about four inches wide so that it will 

 retain the hernia long enough for the wound to heal permanently. 



Scours. 



Overloading the stomach by sucking the cow at long intervals, improper feed- 

 ing of the cow, exposure to cold and damp, indigestion caused by feeding cold 

 milk at long periods, feeding calves, damaged, sour or dirty food. 



Symptoms. Appetite is poor, calf is depressed, extremities are cold, 

 sometimes there is fever, dung gradually grows cream colored and as light as milk. 

 It has an offensive odor, later contains mucus and gas bubbles. There are pains 

 when passing dung, belly contracted and back arched. 



Treatment. Remove the cause and treat promptly. Give nourishing feed 

 in small quantities. Clean and disinfect the stalls and utensils. For the diarrhea, 

 give a cup of strong coffee or two raw eggs. In severe cases, give one ounce of 

 castor oil, one teaspoonful of creolin and twenty grains of subnitrate of bismuth. 

 Repeat the creolin and bismuth with flaxseed tea every four hours. A dose of 15 

 to 30 grains of Tannopin may be given. When a calf which is fed by hand 

 develops diarrhea, put four drops of formalin into each quart of its milk. Feed 

 in the usual quantity. If the diarrhea is not much better in four days, use some 

 of the remedies mentioned above. A paste of flour and water is good. 



Sore Eyes Inflammation of the Eyes. 



Weeds, twigs or trees, stems of straw or hay, pieces of cornstalk, etc., may 

 break off in the eye. While they may enter the eyeball, they more often glide oft" 

 and enter between the eye and the ocular sheath. 



Treatment. Remove the object. To do this it is often necessary to cast 

 the animal. Apply cooling washes and a cold water compress over the injured 

 eye. Five drops of sulphate of zinc to 2 tablespoonfuls of water make a good 

 wash. Boric acid is also very good. Maintain an opening for the discharge of 

 pus when an abscess forms. 



Sore Mouth Stomatitis. 



By eating some irritating substance the membrane of the mouth may become 

 inflamed. Blisters may form in the mouth of calves because of indigestion 



Symptoms. Saliva runs from mouth, surface of tongue appears red and 

 inflamed and sometimes small red elevations appear. 



