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of the disease is usually six to ten days if uncomplicated ; a constant 

 watch must be kept for lung or blood complications. Give good 

 food, pure air, sunlight, etc., avoid drafts. 



TREATMENT 



To prevent this trouble the entire herd or inmates of a stable 

 should be vaccinated after the disease has broken out in the stable 

 or neighborhood. If an animal is once afifected. we can give the 

 system resistance and guard against evil results by giving in moist 

 food three times daily one teaspoonful of Sanguitone Compound 

 until the patient has safely recovered. Alcoholic stimulants may be 

 added to hasten, or bring about a speedy recovery. 



CONTAGIOUS EYE DISEASE IN CATTLE 



This disease, technically termed contagious keratitis, some- 

 times termed Pink Eye of cattle, is in some localities and at some 

 seasons quite a common disease ; usually it appears in the summer 

 or fall. One or both eyes may be affected ; the eyelids are swollen 

 and closed and seem unable to bear the clear light ; there is a milky 

 appearance of the front part of the eye, the corner, thus giving rise 

 to the common idea that a scum is over it ; the darkest spot is often 

 a yellow color, in the center. In some cases a purulent (mattery) 

 discharge is present ; sometimes the contents of the eye escape and 

 vision is thereby destroyed. The affected animal stops eating, cows 

 will fail in their milk. 



TREATMENT 



Fortunately, the majority of cases recover completely under 

 proper treatment, which is quite simple but eft"ective. It is as fol- 

 lows : Separate all the affected cattle from the healthy ones, and 

 give those aft"ected the usual dose of Bovolax, place in a darkened 

 stall and keep a clean cloth dampened with a solution of boracic 

 acid, one ounce to a quart of clean water, containing a couple of 

 ounces of laudanum or belladonna, over the eye, or else apply the 

 solution mentioned once or twice daily. As many very bad cases 

 recover, treatment should be persisted in. If the eye does not seem 

 to clear, or an abscess forms, apply the following solution with a 

 piece of clean cheese-cloth once daily. Mercury Ointment (Blue 

 Ointment) to the e}e twice a week for two weeks. 



