138 THE COW IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 



seems very drowsy and rapidly gets worse until 

 soon she is insensible and totally unaware of 

 things that are going on about her. Her head 

 is turned on her side and in this position she 

 lies. Breathing is heavy and she quite often 

 moans and grunts as if in great pain, but this 

 is not due to pain but rather the result of the 

 insensibility that is present. There is very lit- 

 tle milk to be found in the udder and the secre- 

 tion of saliva is very scanty. There is no move- 

 ment of the bowels or passing of the urine dur- 

 ing this time. 



Warm water should be secured and an anti- 

 septic solution should be prepared in which the 

 milk fever apparatus can be cleaned. The cow 

 is rolled into such a position that all the teats 

 can be worked with by the operator ; what little 

 milk may be in them should be milked out. The 

 teats are then washed carefully in the antiseptic 

 solution and the treatment is applied by means of 

 a milk fever apparatus, which consists of a milk 

 tube to which is attached a small rubber hose. 

 In the center of the hose is a small metal cham- 

 ber containing absorbent cotton saturated with a 

 good disinfectant and on the other end is to be 

 found a small rubber bulb or small metal pump. 

 The milk tube is inserted into one of the lower 

 teats and the teat is tensely distended with air; 

 then the corresponding teat is inflated, and then 

 the other two. To keep the air from leaking out 

 of the teats, push the end of the teat in with 



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