280 THE VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



SMALL WARTS ON THE TEATS. 



These are very troublesome when you are milking, but an 

 very easily g"ot rid of if you take the right plan. 



Treatment. — After the cow is put dry is the best time to treat. 

 Tie the cow up and hobble her two hind legs together above th« 

 hocks with a strap so she cannot kick you, then with a pair of 

 large, sharp scissors clip all the warts off as close as you 

 can to the teat. By cutting them off with scissors they will not 

 bleed. After they are taken off dress them once a day with the 

 same salve used for chapped teats and they will not come on 

 again, but if they should come on the next year use the same 

 treatment again. 



CUTS AND FISTULA OF THE TEAT. 



This is when the teat has been cut deep enough to cut the 

 milk passage, which allows the milk to keep dripping out through 

 the hole. 



Treatment. — If the cut is big sew it up with a needle used for 

 sewing wounds; bathe with warm water and apply white lotion 

 every time after milking. The best way to milk a cow while the 

 teats are sore is to insert a teat syphon, or milk tube, up into the 

 teat, and this will let the milk run out without irritating the teat; 

 sometimes after it is healed up there will be a small hole in the 

 side of the teat, which will allow the milk to leak out while you are 

 milking. The best way to fix this is after she has gone dry burn 

 the hole with a pointed stick of caustic potash, which destroys the 

 fistula, then while it is healing up the hole will disappear and be 

 all right the next time she calves. 



COW POX. 



This is often seen in cow, and affects herds in all parts of 

 the world. It is somewhat similar to smallpox in people only it is 

 not nearly so fatal. This is an infectious disease, that is, it can 

 be carried from one cow to another. For instance, one man 

 milking eight or ten cows and only one has the disease at first, he 

 will carry the disease to all the others by milking them. 



Symptoms. — The cow seems feverish and does not give quite 

 so much milk. In a few days, little red, pimple-like spots appear 

 around the teats. In a day or so more, these red spots will rise 

 up in the form of a blister, which contains a watery fluid. If these 

 are not broken during milking, they dry up themselves and form 

 scabs, which, in a few days, drop off, leaving the teat 



