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MAMMITIS, GARGET, CAKED BAG OR INFLAMMATION OF THE UDDER, as 

 variously known, shows itself by a swelling- of the udder in one or 

 more quarters, sometimes extending up along the belly. In mild 

 cases, the cow should be blanketed, a dose of Epsom salts and ginger 

 administered and the affected quarter or quarters rubbed gently with 

 sweet oil or unsalted lard. Bathing continuously with hot water 

 for from half an hour to an hour will help matters. In any 

 case, handle very gently, protect from draughts, make the animal 

 comfortable, give a light dose of a laxative medicine and feed a 

 light ration for a few days. If a very severe case, it is sometimes 

 necessary to poultice with a hot poultice for a few hours. 



A contagious form of this disease exists. Where this form is 

 suspected, every precaution should be taken to disinfect the udder 

 externally by washing, and internally by injecting a solution (2 

 per cent) of carbolic acid. The injected material should be milked 

 out a few minutes after injection. 



PARTURIENT APOPLEXY OR MILK FEVER is a disease peculiar to heavy, 

 milking cows. It occurs usually within two or three days after 

 calving. It may generally be avoided by feeding lightly for a few 

 days before and after calving, and by leaving the calf with the cow 

 for a couple of days, at the same time being careful not to draw off 

 all the milk from the udder at any given time, until the cow is 

 nearly, or quite, normal again after sickness or weakness due to 

 parturition has passed. 



The disease, as a rule, comes on suddenly, the animal being 

 found down and partly unconscious without any previous symptoms, 

 although, occasionally, "uneasiness, dullness, falling-off in milk and 

 loss of appetite precede the final apoplectic condition. 



When observed in this latter stage, she should be straightened 

 up to rest on her brisket. Then, if able to swallow, a dose of Epsom 

 salts may be administered. If the cow will not drink water, then 

 the salts or other medicine should be administered through a probaiig, 

 and if no probang is available it is much better to give no medicine. 



The Schmidt treatment should be given as soon as it is possible 

 to get things ready. If no special apparatus is kept for this purpose, 

 a common syringe or a bicycle pump with special nozzle attachment 

 may be used. Disinfect or sterilize the syringe or pump, particularly 

 the nozzle or tube which must be inserted into the teat. Insert in 



