894 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



What to do. — ^Syringe out the parts with tepid water, and inject lotion 

 No. 47, repeating this twice a day. Feed on nutritious but light diet, 

 and give No. 21 in the feed. 



XI. GonorrhOBa. 



This is catarrh of the generative parts of the bull, — little ulcers or 

 chancres in the sheath and on the penis, with a whitish discharge, which 

 IS chrouico 



How to know it.— Painful urination is the most characteristic symptom , 

 with all his frequent efforts, only a few drops are passed, and those not 

 without great uneasiness, which is further manifested by his stepping for- 

 ward and back or from side to side, and by raising the hind feet, lashing 

 the tail, etc. 



What to do. — Suspend all service, and give him the laxative recipe No. 

 8, and when the bowels return to their normal condition give No. 21 in 

 the feed, repeating the latter morning and night, for three or four weeks. 

 Draw out the yard with soft linen cloth, and bathe all affected parts with 

 the following lotion : 



No. 49. 4 Ounces spirits of camphor, 



1 Ounce sugar of lead, 



2 Drachms sulphate of zinc, 

 1 Quart soft water, 



Mix. 



Continue the application, once a day, till cured, and do not let him 

 serve a cow, for the reason that it is contagious. If any chancres are 

 seen, touch them once a day with lunar caustic. Feed on green food, if 

 possible. 



Xn. Mammitis, or Inflammation of the Udder. 



This is most common after a parturition which occurs before the secre- 

 tion of milk has assumed a normal condition, especially in the case of 

 heifers at the first calving. Sometimes, it has no connection with calv- 

 ing, but is contracted by Ij^ing on cold, damp ground, or in the case 

 of middle-aged and old cows, develops in hot weather, taking on the form 

 of garget or curdled milk. Cows in high condition are the most subject 

 to it, the attack being usually induced by driving them until overheated. 



The inflammation, in some cases, will subside and go away, and the milk- 

 ing function go on as before with very little loss ; in others, it goes on to 

 suppuration in one or more quarters of the bag, or even to mortification. 



How to know it. — The type of mammitis that takes on the active in- 

 flammatory character is ushered in with a shivering fit, which is succeeded 

 In a short time by fever and dullness. The bag becomes hot and hard^ 

 red, swollen and sore. It being so painful to the touch, the cow is very 



