500 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



to Other animals in the herd or flock, is one requiring- 

 the guidance of a veterinary expert, and will well 

 repay the stock proprietor for the outlay. 



AGALACTIA. 



Agalactia or arrest of the milk secretion, some- 

 times takes place within a day or two, and some- 

 times it affects a number of cows at the same time. 

 When a number are affected, and they are all being^ 

 depastured in the same field, it may be taken for 

 granted that it is due to some herb in the grass, which 

 at this stage in its growth, has this power of affecting 

 the circulation of blood in the mammory gland, and 

 the secretion of milk. 



Remedies. — Change the pasture and give thrice 

 daily warm drinks of bean and oatmeal with a little 

 linseed, if bowels are constipated. In a fortnight or 

 so, the cows may in all probability be returned to the 

 same pasture and fed thereon without bad effects. 



ULCERATED TEATS— CHAPS. 



Cows that are cat-hammed, or go close behind, are 

 liable to be affected with chapped udders, in conse- 

 quence of their thighs rubbing against them. The 

 skin of the thighs may also be inflamed. These may 

 be readily cured by the parts being regularly washed 

 with carbolic soap and warm water, and afterwards 

 sponged over with a lotion, composed of — 



Extract of goulard .... 2 ounces, 

 Camphorated spirits of wine . . 4 ounces. 



When the teats are chapped, which frequently pro- 

 ceeds from a want of cleanliness on tlie part of the 



