DISEASES OF ANIMALS 157 



Creolin for Calf Lice. 



What is the most satisfactory method to rid calves and young 

 heifers of lice? 



Wash animals all over with a 2 per cent creolin solution three 

 times at intervals of four days; 2 l /> teaspoonfuls liquor cresolis com- 

 positus to the pint of water will give a 2 per cent creolin solution. 



Pica or Depraved Appetite. 



Whenever my cow manages to get loose in the stable she licks the 

 stable floor with her tongue. She gets plenty of salt and has a salt stone. 



This is pica or depraved appetite. Place in separate containers 

 the following substances and allow the cows free access to them: iron 

 sulphate, powdered sulphate, black antimony, salt, and saltpeter. 



Tonic for a Cow. 



/ have a cow in poor health as her hair looks bad and she is thin. 

 She is a heavy milker on green feed, but does not milk long on dry 

 feed. She has a running at the nose but does not cough. 



Have this cow tested for tuberculosis by a graduate veterinarian. 

 If she reacts, dispose of her, as there is no cure for tuberculosis. If 

 she does not react, give her the following tonic: Powdered nux 

 vomica, 1 ounce; powdered gentian, 2 ounces; powdered iron sulphate, 

 1 ounce; powdered potassium nitrate, 1 ounce; powdered ginger, 1 

 ounce ; powdered fenugreek, 2 ounces. Give 1 ounce of this mixture in 

 feed twice daily. 



Indigestion. 



My cow eats well but while eating and afterwards while chewing 

 her cud, she belches, making a noise like a forcing cough and throws 

 up a bunch of food chewed very fine. She seems in good health 

 otherwise. 



This is fermentation due to indigestion. Give a heaping table- 

 spoonful of soda bicarbonate twice daily and feed dry food in preference 

 to slop. 



Cow With Chronic Indigestion. 



/ have a young cow which I dare not feed any hay at all, neither 

 green nor dry, because she bloats every time I feed her. I just feed 

 her linseed meal, and I had tried to get her to eat alfalfa meal, but 

 she will not eat it, nor bran. I have to drench her with bran, or at 

 least I make her eat it by putting it down her, and I do the same with 

 the linseed meal. I make a solution with it and pour it down her. The 

 only thing she wants to eat is the hay. I sometimes get her to eat a 

 little grain. 



The cow has chronic indigestion. Give her two pounds of epsom 

 salts in enough water to put it into solution. Have the following put 

 up: Fluid extract ginger, 8 ounces; fluid extract nux vomica, 2 ounces; 



