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resis has been administered. The inflation of the 

 udder and the hypodermatic injection of atropin sul- 

 phate consumes only a few minutes time, after which 

 the correction of the other abnormalities can be under- 

 taken with safety. 



Prevention 



For the prevention of the occurrence of parturient 

 paresis in dairy cows we can offer no remedy. In dif- 

 ferent localities different theories exist in this regard, 

 most of them being particular ideas about feeding be- 

 fore calving, or certain notions about milking the 

 cow before calving. Others consist of laxative treat- 

 ment ante-partum. We have seen the disease occur 

 in spite of all precautions and supposedly preventive 

 measures, and have no great faith in any one or the 

 other. If we had any choice in this regard we would 

 side with the theory which recommends the adminis- 

 tration of a cathartic just before calving. 



