344 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



at each milking, and bv the next season they 

 usually disappear. 



Warts on Teats. — Warts are sometimes found 

 on the teats and are somewhat troublesome, and 

 the act of milking usually makes them sore, and in 

 some cases they appear on the end of the teat, ob- 

 structing the flow of milk. 



Treatment: Put on a silk ligature tight around 

 the neck of the wart; in a few days it will slough 

 off. After it has sloughed off apply a little ter- 

 chloride of antimony to it once with a feather. In 

 some cases the warts will be flat with no neck. 

 These should be scarified with a knife and a little 

 antimony applied, or the part touched with nitrate 

 of silver every third day. They will usually disap- 

 pear. When removed in this way they are less 

 liable to return than by the knife. After the 

 warts have dropped off and the roots touched 

 with antimony the best dressing to heal the parts 

 is the following: Tincture of catechu two ounces, 

 carbolic acid two drams, water eight ounces; 

 shake up well and apply a little twice daily. Use 

 the milk tube to draw off the milk until the teats 

 are healed. 



Chapped or Cracked Teats. — These are also 

 troublesome, as they are painful to the animal and 

 make them uneasy while being milked. The milk 

 tube should be used, as milking with the fingers 

 keeps the cracks open. Use the same kind of dress- 

 ing as for the above. If the calf is sucking its 

 mother and the teats become chapped it will be 

 necessary to keep them apart at intervals and 



