272 GARGET. SYMPTOMS. TREATMENT. 



the milk is thick, and mixed with blood. Often, also, 

 in severe cases, the hind extremities, as the hip-joint, 

 hock, or fetlock, are swollen and inflamed to such an 

 extent that the animal cannot rise. The simplest remedy, 

 in mild cases, is to put the calf to its mother several 

 times a day. This will remove the flow of milk, and 

 often dispel the congestion. 



Sometimes the udder is so much swollen that the cow 

 will not permit the calf to suck. If the fever increases, 

 the appetite declines, and rumination ceases. In this 

 stage of the complaint, the advice of a scientific veter- 

 inary practitioner is required. A dose of purging 

 medicine and frequent washing of the udder, in mild 

 cases, are usually successful. The physic should con- 

 sist of Epsom salts one pound, ginger half an ounce, 

 nitrate of potassa half an ounce ; dissolved in a quart of 

 boiling water ; then add a gill of molasses, and give to 

 the cow lukewarm. Diet moderate ; that is, on bran, or 

 if in summer green food. There are various medicines 

 for the different forms and stages of garget, which, if 

 the above medicine fails, can be properly prescribed 

 only by a skilful veterinary practitioner. 



It is important that the udder should be frequently 

 examined, as matter may be forming, which should be 

 immediately released. Various causes are assigned for 

 this disease, such as exposure to cold and wet, or the 

 want of proper care or attention in parturition. 



An able writer, Mr. Youatt, says that hasty drying 

 up a cow often gives rise to inflammation and indura- 

 tions of the udder, difficult of removal. Sometimes a 

 cow lies down upon and bruises the udder, and this is 

 another cause. But a very frequent source, and one 

 for which there can be no excuse, is the failure to milk 

 a cow clean. The culf should be allowed to suck often, 

 and the cow should be milked at least twice a day 



