PREVENTION, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT qq 



Foot rot was formerly believed to result simply from bruising 

 of the feet on sandy, gravelly pastures or roads ; or to be due to ex- 

 posure to wet and not to be contagious. While the contagious form 

 is most common, there is apparently a variety due to traumatism, 

 and beginning with inflammation of the sole of the foot with de- 

 struction of horn and soft parts at this point. In this case, removal 

 of animals to dry, soft pastures; cutting away of loose horn and 

 dressing the foot with tar ; cauterizing fungous growths with pure 

 phenol ; and protecting the parts with a coating of varnish, will be 

 indicated. 



Foul in the Foot of Cattle or Canker. 



This condition follows exposure of the feet to filthy floors and 

 litter and may follow injury or tuberculosis. It is characterized by 

 softening and progressive destruction of the sole of the foot with 

 involvement and exposure of the sensitive parts beneath, and separa- 

 tion of the horny claw. It is accompanied by a fetid, cheesy-look- 

 ing discharge escaping from between the soft and horny parts. 

 Hypertrophy of the horn occurs hand in hand with its destruction. 



Treatment. — Dry, clean litter and stabling must be supplied. 

 All dead, separated horn must be cut away, and the diseased soft 

 parts exposed for treatment. To these, apply an antiseptic solution 

 (3 per cent, creolin or lysol) ; dress with tow and tar, and apply a 

 bandage. To exuberant growths, cauterize with fuming nitric acid, 

 or dust on powders composed of equal parts of iodoform and alum 

 or tannic acid (Moussu), and bandage. 



Foreign Bodies in the Alimentary Tract. 



In Dogs. — Various bodies may be swallowed, but the diagnosis 

 is not positive unless the act has been seen or unless the object can 

 be felt by palpation of the abdomen. Vomiting may be induced 

 and the foreign body may be thus expelled, or may pass into the 

 intestines and be expelled with the feces. It may not infrequently 



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