156 RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 



FOOT ROT IN CATTLE AND SHEEP 



This disease will often occur if the feet are allowed to grow too 

 long and get fouled with manure, or as a result of running on low-lying, 

 \vet, muddy pastures. Lameness will be excessive, the pain in some 

 cases causing the animal to go off its feed, fall behind the flock, or herd, 

 and sometimes go on its knees. In such cases trim down the feet and 

 bathe in a Lotio Vita solution, 1^ ounces to a quart of water. Two 

 or three applications of Lotio Vita solution will usually cure most cases. 

 Where large numbers need treatment the solution is made and placed 

 in a wooden trough and the animals walked through it. 



A good way to treat cattle affected is to take a piece of cheese- 

 cloth soaked with the drug. After cleaning between the cleft, work 

 back and forth and then a clean piece of cheese-cloth which has been 

 soaked in the solution may be tied on the foot. In severe cases poultice 

 with flaxseed or boiled turnips, after cleaning and dressing with the 

 solution. Do not use cow dung, or other dirty materials. 



