170 Veterinary Elements. 



Garget (inflammation of the udder, mammitis), is a 

 condition occuring in milking animals, often the result 

 of carelessness or ignorance, and serious to a greater or 

 less degree in the immediate symptoms and the probable 

 results. The specific causes are: injuries, exposure to 

 cold, oversecretion, retention or injection of milk, in- 

 troduction of germs, from dirty milkers, unclean bedding 

 and quarters. Its prevention in animals during the 

 weaning period is not hard, the methods are as follows: 

 Mares need to be milked out occasionally, or the foal 

 limited as to the number of times it suckles each day, 

 some mares are irritable if attempts are made to milk 

 them, and they may need the application of the twitch ; 

 by putting them to work, limiting the food and giving 

 that food dry, the secretion of milk will usually cease ; 

 if however, it persists, the veterinarian should be asked 

 to prescribe. Oows dry easily as a rule, too easily for 

 the majority of people; it may be necessary to milk 

 several times daily after calving to avoid the trouble. 

 Ewes need careful attention at weaning time, and should 

 be milked for two or three successive mornings, then one 

 or two milkings at intervals of one day, then later at in- 

 tervals of two days; as a rule, at the end of that time 

 they are dry, the secretion of milk having stopped. The 

 proper position in which to milk a ewe is as follows: 

 Get her with her head in a corner, then straddle her, 

 and by bending over the shepherd can reach each teat 

 with his hands; if the ewe goes to back up a slight 

 pressure with the chin at the tail head arrests the move- 

 ment, which if forward can be checked by pressure with 

 the knees of the milker. Sows are dried up by grad- 



