CHAPTER V. 
DISEASES PECULIAR TO THE MILKING SEASON. 
I. Small Round Lumps in the Passage of the Teat. 
Causes. — A bruise or injury to the passage of the teat 
causes in some way, when healing, the thickening or lump 
to form. 
Symptoms. — There is a small lump in the teat which can 
be felt between the finger and thumb when handling the teat. 
These lumps may be anywhere along the milk passage. The 
first summer that the cow is affected with these lumps in the 
teat they interfere greatly with milking, but if bred again, 
when she calves these lumps will entirely block, the teat and 
cause a great deal of trouble in getting the milk down. The 
bag becomes swollen and inflamed, and in a great many cases 
she loses the affected quarter. 
Treatment. — Generally speaking the milk can be drawn 
from the bag in the usual way during the first season the 
cow is affected. It is advisable, however, not to breed an 
affected cow again. The best plan is to fatten her, as in all 
probability she will be worse the next season. 
When it is impossible to draw the milk from the bag 
with the hand, pass a teat siphon* or milk tube into the 
passage of the teat, through the lump and sufficiently far 
enough to reach the milk. About one-quarter of the milk in 
the bag will run out in this manner. Use the tube each time 
the other teats are being milked. 
When using the teat siphon proceed as follows: First 
tie a colored string in the small ring at the side so as not to 
lose it if it drops out in the straw, then oil it. Take hold of 
the teat with the left hand and with the right pass the teat 
siphon up through the passage to the lump, and when it is 
felt gradually force it through. Tl is is easily done. Con- 
tinue passing it gently up until the milk runs out, and leave it 
in until all the milk is out. 
*Teat siphons are very useful in all cases when it is impossible to 
get the milk from the bag in the usual way. They may be had from 
the company whose announcement appears on the latter pages of this 
book. 
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