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a few times, and then shifts from one leg to the other 

 for several minutes. When she is released from the 

 stanchion she does not seem to appreciate her free- 

 dom and may not follow the herd out into the yard. 

 If she is urged she moves cautiously, becoming some- 

 what more supple in her movements after she walks 

 a short distance. 



The foregoing is about the extent of the symptoms 

 in usual cases. In more marked attacks there appears 

 excessive lameness in one limb or another after this. 

 Soreness cannot be located in any particular spot; the 

 anini'=il exhibits signs of pain equally on any part o^ 

 the member when examined or gives no reaction what- 

 ever to manipulations. There is some falling off in 

 appetite and but one or two degress of fever. 



The response to treatment is very prompt. If pos- 

 sible the animal should be turned loose in a box-stall, 

 the floor of which should be dry and well bedded. A 

 saline purge is administered. Following this the cow 

 is to be drenched three times daily with a preparation 

 containing fluid extract colchicum half a dram, sodium 

 salicylate one dram and hexamethylenamine one dram 

 in each dose, using water to dissolve the last two in- 

 gredients. A few doses produce considerable improve- 

 ment, and four or five days of this treatment effects 

 the disappearance of all the symptoms. 



In severe cases in which there is a very marked 

 lameness in one leg a liniment may be applied in con- 

 junction with the above treatment. A good combina- 

 tion for use as a liniment in these cases is oil of 

 cajuput one ounce, camphorated soap liniment two 

 ounces, alcohol two ounces, water to make twelve 

 ounces. This should be briskly rubbed over the mus- 

 cular and tendinous regions of the affected limb sev- 

 eral times during the day. 



