4 DISEASES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



wash containing i lb. chloride of lime to 3 gallons of whitewash. 

 Scatter quicklime on floor and gutters. 



The cow yard should be scraped clean and sprinkled with 10 fo 

 solution of iron sulphate. Apply the same to fences about yard 

 and walls of stable, before whitewashing. 



The animal which has aborted should receive daily an intra- 

 uterine injection of two gallons of warm water containing 2 % of 

 compound cresol solution (lysol) until the vaginal discharge stops. 

 The external parts about the vagina, including the hips and tail, 

 should be washed thoroughly with soap and water and then with 

 the same cresol solution twice daily, and this latter should also be 

 done on all exposed pregnant animals in the herd, being careful 

 that neither the same cloth, nor solution, nor bucket, nor attendant 

 are used for the sick and the well animals. 



Carbolic acid, in doses of two drams of a 3 per cent solution, 

 given subcutaneously in the side of the neck, once in ten days, 

 is both preventive in exposed animals and curative in cows which 

 have aborted, and deserves trial. 



A bull which has served a cow suffering from the effects of 

 epizootic abortion should not cover healthy animals. The bull 

 on the premises in which there is epizootic abortion should have 

 the hair cut short about the sheath of the penis and surround- 

 ing parts and have the sheath well flushed with water contain- 

 ing 2 % of compound cresol solution before and after serving 

 a cow. 



Cows should not go to the bull until ten or twelve weeks after 

 aborting, or until all discharge from the vagina has ceased. 



It is advisable that the stable be frequently disinfected while 

 abortion is prevalent, as the bacteria may live 14 months in the 

 vagina and 7 months in the stable. 



Abscess. 



Symptoms. — A circumscribed collection of pus surrounded by 



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