CHAPTER LII 



DISEASES COMMON TO COWS — 

 SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT 



T F a cow shows symptoms of being ill, do not de- 

 •*• lay doing something for her; begin at once to 

 check the trouble. 



Every dairy stable should have in it a medicine 

 chest or shelf provided with such drugs as are com- 

 monly used in cases of sickness among the ani- 

 mals. A short list is given below. Each bottle 

 or package should be distinctly labelled, and the 

 supply renewed as soon as exhausted. 



Spirits of turpentine. Epsom salts. 



Raw linseed oil. Ground ginger. 



Sulphur. Vaseline. 



Saltpetre. Camphorated oil. 



Carbolic acid. Laudanum. 



Nuxvomica. Boracic acid. 



There should be on hand a common bicycle 

 pump, a few feet of rubber hose, and a milk 

 syphon or tube to insert in the teat. Immerse the 

 tube in boiling water to disinfect it, and oil before 

 gently inserting it into the teat opening. 



HOW TO EXAMINE A SICK COW 



First, take the temperature of the animal by 

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