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Adv. 
AILING ANIMALS— Continued. 
“ Foot All” In Cows. 
R. H. P., Sedro, Washington—A cow of 
mine is lame in the left hind foot, owing 
to a raw sore between the hoofs, something 
like foot-rot in sheep. Some people here 
call it “ foot ail.” I have tried carbolic 
acid and turpentine without effect. What 
should be the treatment ? 
Ans.— Clean the foot between the claws 
by drawing through a piece of untwisted 
rope. Pare away all dead horn as far as 
the pus has burrowed. Then swab the 
whole diseased surface with strong muri¬ 
atic acid, and cover with a dressing of pine 
tar. Repeat the dressings in a week or 10 
days. Until the foot is healed the cow 
should be kept in a clean, dry place, where 
the foot will not become filled with mud 
and manure. 
Chronic Cough in Mare: Heaves or 
Broken Wind. 
W. A. L., Leesville, 0 —My 12-year-old 
mare has been coughing more or less all 
winter. There is no running at the nose. 
The cough resembles a deep, long, hard 
groan, which appears to come from “ away 
down.” Her appetite is good and she is in 
fine condition. What should be done for 
her ? 
Ans.— Steam the throat at night by feed¬ 
ing a hot bran mash from a nose-oag. Pre¬ 
pare the mash by pouring boiling water 
over three or four quarts of wheat bran, 
place it in the nose-bag while hot, and tie 
over the head as for feeding. In some 
cases, the hot mash may simply be placed 
in a bucket in the manger, when the horse 
will work at it, eating slowly as the mash 
cools, sufficient to steam the throat. Ap¬ 
ply the following ammonia liniment to the 
outside of the throat and rub well in once 
daily, until the skin is quite well blistered: 
■•sweet or olive oil, two parts; strong aqua 
ammonia, one part; shake well together. 
If there is no improvement after two or 
three weeks, the cough is probably a symp¬ 
tom of heaves, or broken wind, for which 
there is no cure when once the disease is 
well established. The distressing symp¬ 
toms may be greatly relieved, or rarely, 
almost entirely removed, by giving special 
attention to the diet. But the symptoms 
will reappear as soon as there is a return to 
the conditions which caused their first ap¬ 
pearance, or to other conditions which 
favor the disease. The rations should con¬ 
sist largely of concentrated, easily digest¬ 
ible food, and very little dry, coarse, 
bulky fodder. Musty or moldy fodder of 
any kind, or that of inferior quality, should 
not be given. When possible, feed largely 
on grass, give corn fodder, roots, potatoes, 
etc., with a sufficient quantity of grain to 
keep the animal in condition. A small 
quantity of well-dusted, bright hay may be 
fed, preferably mostly at night. All hay, 
as well as other dry or dusty feed, should 
be slightly dampened. A still better 
method is to cut the hay, mix the ground 
feed with it and give the whole, slightly 
dampened. From one to three pecks of the 
loose cut hay, and three to eight quarts of 
ground feed, according to the size and con¬ 
dition of the animal, will make an excel¬ 
lent ration. The ground feed may consist 
of equal parts by weight of ground oats, 
corn meal and wheat bran or middlings, 
with one fourth part of oil meal or ground 
linseed cake. Of course, these proportions 
may be varied, according to circumstances. 
Allow water frequently, in moderate quan¬ 
tities,, and always before feeding, and not 
soon after. An excellent method is to al¬ 
ways have a bucket of water before them 
in the stable. Do not work immediately 
after a full feed or drink. At least an 
hour’s rest should be given when possible. 
If such rest cannot be given it is better 
to give only a small feed. 
Blindness In Pigs, 
L. A. S., Chickamauga , Term.—My pigs 
are going blind ; matter is accumulating 
in their eyes and they are losing their ap¬ 
petite. I have been feeding refuse made 
from the Armour agency in Chattanooga, 
and corn. None has died yet. What is 
the matter ? 
Ans. —The blindness may be due to a va¬ 
riety of causes, as cold, wet, exposure, un¬ 
wholesome or unsuitable food, or to a 
specific disease, as the hog cholera. Try to 
ascertain and remove the probable cause. 
If exposed, provide dry, clean, comfortable 
quarters. Do not crowd the animals. 
Change the food in part. Feed less of the 
refuse meat, with some slop and grain. 
This refuse meat makes a very concen¬ 
trated food, to which the pigs should be¬ 
come gradually accustomed. If fed too 
freely at the outset, especially to young 
pigs, serious bowel trouble will result, 
which would aggravate, or indirectly might 
cause the trouble. 
Indigestion and Skin Eruptions in 
Colts. 
G. G. S., Spring Hill, Pa. —I have two 
colts under a year old, which sucked the 
mare when they were too warm, and have 
never done well since, and lumps have 
broken out through their hair. What 
should be the treatment ? Other colts are 
similarly affected hereabouts; will they 
ever recover 2 
Ans.— Give one-half of a pint of raw lin¬ 
seed oil or one-fourth of a pint of castor 
oil to move the bowels. Repeat the dose in 
three days if there is no purging from the 
first dose. Then give two teaspoonfuls of 
the following powders in the feed morning 
and evening: powdered gentian and Ep¬ 
som salts, each eight ounces; nitrate of pot¬ 
ash, two ounces; powdered nux vomica, 
one ounce: mix thoroughly. Feed liber¬ 
ally and give daily exercise in the yard. 
The daily use of the brush and comb would 
materially assist in Improving their condi¬ 
tion. The colts should recover in part at 
least, after a good run on good pastures. 
But you cannot expect them to do as well 
as those that have always been thrifty. 
Azoturla. 
W. J. P., Leadville, Colo.—What ails my 
horses ? They eat and appear to feel well 
till driven, when they begin to choke, and 
finally drop. As a rule, two or three such 
fits prove fatal. One mule, however, 
which was never driven after I had learned 
that he was affected, lived over a year. A 
short time since I lost a valuable horse “ as 
fat as a seal,” which died in frightful agony 
during such a fit, which came on while play¬ 
ing. A neighbor has lost four animals in 
the same way. The trouble is certainly In 
the throat. A post-mortem examination of 
one horse showed a great deal of inflamma¬ 
tion at the junction of the throat and gul¬ 
let. 
Ans.— The symptoms, and history as far 
as given, point to a condition known to 
veterinarians as azoturia or heemoglobinu- 
ria, in which there is an over-supply of 
albuminoids or nitrogenous products, in the 
system. It is essentially a disease of ple¬ 
thora combined with idleness, resulting, 
when exercised, in a form of blood poison¬ 
ing from the imperfect oxidation of the ex¬ 
cess of nitrogenous products. This condi¬ 
tion or disease occurs almost exclusively 
in horses that are well fed, and in the best 
of condition, or which have remained idle 
for two or three days, on full rations. 
Horses that are out of condition, half fed, 
over-worked, or running at pasture, never 
suffer an attack. The disease rarely appears 
while standing in the stable, but after a 
short drive or other active exertion. The 
animal starts out apparently in the best of 
health and spirits. After a short drive, 
usually of but a few rods to a half mile, he 
suddenly begins to lag, or may appear 
lame without cause, usually in one or both 
hind limbs. His spirits become depressed, 
followed by perspiration and violent trem¬ 
bling. The face assumes a pained, anxious 
appearance, the nostrils are dilated, with 
respirations hurried and labored. The 
limbs, especially those behind, become 
weak, or the animal may reel as if about to 
fall, or even go down suddenly. If urine is 
passed it is of a dark brown or reddish 
color, often having the appearance of being 
bloody, but this color Is due to waste 
products and not to blood. Sudden, severe 
attacks, when the animal is unable to move, 
or goes down unable to rise, are very likely 
to prove fatal. Mild attacks and those that 
are recognized at the outset and checked 
before having gone too far, will usually 
make a more or less complete recovery. 
As soon as the first symptoms are noticed 
the horse should be stopped, and after a 
few minutes, slowly returned to the nearest 
stable. One of the first points to be at¬ 
tained is a free movement of the bowels, best 
secured by a full dose of aloe3, say five to 
eight drams, according to the size of the 
animal, followed by frequent Injections of 
warm Castile soap-suds. In severe cases 
bathing the loins and over the short ribs of 
the right side with hot water, or laying on 
cloths wrung from hot water and covering 
with dry blankets, will haveasoothiDg, ben¬ 
eficial effect. If there is much nervousness 
two drams of chloral hydrate with four 
drams of potassium bromide, may be given 
and repeated three or four times daily until 
relieved. Ounce doses of sweet spirits of 
niter or of liquor of acetate of ammonia 
may be alternated with the above to advan¬ 
tage. Repeat the dose of aloes in three or 
four days if the bowels are not moving 
freely and regularly, the size of this dose 
to be determined by the effect of the first. 
As soon as the animal shows marked im¬ 
provement the following powders may be 
substituted for the above prescriptions: 
Powdered nux vomica, nitrate of potash 
and sulphate of soda, each one-fourth of a 
pound ; powdered gentian and ginger, each 
one-half pound; mix, and give two table¬ 
spoonfuls in the feed two or three times 
dally. If weakness or stiffness of the mus¬ 
cles of the loins and limbs continues, rub 
with a liniment of equal parts of sweet oil 
and strong aqua ammonia well shaken to¬ 
gether. The diet should be light for sev¬ 
eral weeks, with an occasional mash or 
some green food to keep the bowels open. 
The attacks of this disease being largely 
due to high feeding and idleness, are to be 
prevented by regular daily exercise and a 
restricted, laxative diet when necessarily 
idle. A horse receiving full rations should 
have his feed reduced one third to one-half 
whenever compelled to stand idle for two 
or three days or longer. One attack pre¬ 
disposes to a second, so that animals hav¬ 
ing suffered one attack should never be 
allowed to stand idle on full rations. 
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mine died from a disease I suppose to be it. 
Ans.—B lack leg usually attacks young 
animals under two years of age Your cow 
probably died from some other trouble; 
but In the absence of the history and symp¬ 
toms we cannot venture a definite opinion. 
M. F. S., Greenwood, N. Y.—l cannot 
diagnose the disease from the symptoms 
and post mortom lesions given, and there¬ 
fore canDot suggest a course of treatment 
I can only advise calling on a competeat 
veterinary surgeon to examine the herd. 
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