DISEASES OF ANIMALS 169 



Effects of Abnormal Birth. 



With one of my cows the calf came, two weeks ago, hind feet 

 first and dead. The afterbirth came three hours after calf was taken, 

 but she has quite a lot of bloody discharge yet. Could you tell why 

 her calf came as it did, and is she apt to have all of her calves the 

 same way? I think the first calf came the same way. Is this discharge 

 for two weeks natural? 



The discharge is not natural. Irrigate her vagina and uterus 

 with two gallons of a one per cent potassium permanganate warmed 

 to body temperature once a day for one to two weeks, or until 

 discharge ceases. Also give internally two drachms of potassium iodide 

 twice a day. Dilute this in water and give for one week. A normal pre- 

 sentation is either fore feet and head or hind feet. Some animals 

 for unknown reasons never present normally again; it is the excep- 

 tion with others. 



Lazy Bull. 



A bull will folloiv coivs in heat, but will not attempt to cover them. 



Yohimbin in five-sixth grain doses three times a day would un- 

 doubtedly overcome this trouble; but it is sometimes hard to get 

 and expensive. Try fluid extract of nux vomica in drachm doses 

 three times a day until he shows great nervousness and keep him 

 away from the cows for a couple of weeks. 



Bull's Tongue Swollen. 



My bull developed a swollen tongue. The root is all right, but from the 

 base out the bull seemed to have no control of it. It is hard, but 

 no sign of abscess has shown. It is hard for him to chew his cud 

 and to drink. 



This is Actinomycosis of the tongue, sometimes called "wooden- 

 tongue." Put the animal on potassium iodide given in two-drachm 

 doses three times a day on an empty stomach. Dissolve this in 

 water. This is the only drug which has a specific action on this 

 trouble. 



Bull With Tuberculosis. 



I have a bull that is out of condition, and while I have had two 

 veterinarians examine him they did not do him much good, and he still 

 coughs. For the past couple of days he has thrown blood out of 

 his nose. He has been sick over two months, but seems to eat fairly 

 good. Is there anything that can be done for the animal? 



It looks like a well-advanced case of tuberculosis and the ani- 

 mal cannot live long. It seems extraordinary, however, that two 

 veterinarians have treated him if he was suffering from tuberculosis. 

 Of course an examination would be necessary to determine the facts. 

 An animal in the condition which you describe would probably 

 not react to the subcutaneous tuberculin test. 



