56 THE COW IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 



Other than observing from time to time whether 

 or not it had been eaten. Sometimes this meal 

 consisted of a bran mash or a thin slop. Such 

 feed quickly starts to ferment in warm weather 

 and, if the patient does not eat any of it within 

 one or two hours after it has been placed be- 

 fore her, it should be removed. The sight of 

 food continually would have the same effect on 

 cows under some conditions as it would have 

 upon human beings, causing them to become 

 nauseated. 



A sick person usually relishes a change of diet, 

 something fresh and appetizing, some fruit or 

 vegetables of some kind. In this respect a cow 

 does not differ from human beings. 



We have often been able to get cows to eat 

 by offering them cabbage, turnips, carrots, 

 apples, etc. Especially is this true during the 

 winter months and the early spring. 



When it is seasonable, young corn plants are 

 sometimes relished by our patients. Always re- 

 member that the appetite may be greatly stimu- 

 lated at times by the use of some fruit or vege- 

 tables or other appetizing substances which cows 

 relish. Be careful lest you overfeed the patient 

 after she starts eating. 



In preparing mashes or thin slops do not fail 

 to salt them well and do not feed them too hot 

 nor yet too cold. 



If the patient is greatly weakened a drench 

 composed of five or six eggs well beaten up 



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