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and save yourself severe losses which you may be subjected 

 to in the future. 



Abortion. 



Contagious abortion in a herd is very serious and often 

 causes it to become necessary to dispose of the entire herd. 

 It is caused by a germ that is often carried into the animal's 

 body in feed or water. It may be brought into your herd 

 by an animal which you have purchased, so you cannot be 

 too careful about the history of animals which you place in 

 your herd. 



In case abortion appears, remove the cow from your 

 herd, burn everything with which she has been in contact 

 as far as possible. Disinfect the stable with a very strong 

 disinfectant. 



If the afterbirth has been retained, have a competent 

 veterinarian remove it. It would then be well to flush the 

 cow daily with a gallon of warm water which has five table- 

 spoons of salt in it or which is one part lysol to fifty parts 

 water. This should be used for some time after all signs 

 of discharge have ceased. 



Milk Fever. 



Milk fever is very dangerous to the life of good pro- 

 ducing cows. Cows are usually affected with this shortly 

 after freshening and more often when they have not been 

 properly dried off prior to freshening. A good preventive 

 means would be to give the cow a complete rest of from 

 four to six weeks prior to calving. 



When an attack of Milk Fever comes the cow shows 

 signs of paralysis, temperature rises and she usually lies 

 with her head pointing toward her flank. Do not attempt 

 to give the cow any medicine. In such cases it is best to 

 call a competent veterinarian, but if this is impossible, get 

 an air pump, have it thoroughly sterilized and with it fill 

 the cow's udder, fastening the teats so as to keep the air 

 from escaping immediately. 



Garget. 



The cow gives stringy milk which is caused by a bruise 

 or by garget germs. Massage the udder with warm lard 



