274 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



be put into yards where cloven-footed animals are 

 kept. Cattle kept standing on a hard floor, or 

 sometimes on very hard pastures, or driven on 

 hard roads, are liable to suffer from sore feet, re- 

 sembling founder in horses. Nails and other sharp 

 bodies sometimes penetrate the feet of cattle. 



Symptoms: The animal is seen to go lame, or a 

 sore swelling may appear at the back of the foot or 

 heels. It will be necessary to examine the foot or 

 feet carefully and find the cause. If it is from im- 

 paction of hard material in the cleft of the hoof 

 have it removed and the parts well cleaned, and 

 use a lotion of zinc chloride one dram, water one 

 pint; dress with this twice a day and keep the 

 animal on clean straw until healed. If from some 

 sharp substance in the hoof remove it and pare a 

 little opening in the sole and use a little of the 

 above lotion. It is almost impossible to keep a 

 poultice on the feet of cattle, especially on a hind 

 foot, as it will keep kicking until the poultice 

 comes off. If it is caused bv standing on a hard 

 floor or hard ground remove to a damp, soft place 

 for a few days, when usually the animal will be 

 relieved. The disease known as the foot and 

 mouth disease, or foul in the feet, which is a con- 

 tagious one, has not reached this country. There 

 have been some few cases which somewhat resem- 

 bled it, but ou investigation it proved to be only a 

 local disease and not contagious. I have met w T ith 

 some few cases in which inflammation had taken 

 place in the sensitive sole, causing a separation 

 of the horn from the soft parts; also granulations 



