1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
369 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
Swelling on Cow’s Belly. 
I have a fine two-year-old heifer that has a 
large, soft swelling just in front of her udder. It 
is harder now than four days ago. She came In 
this morning, has some fever, and her udder is 
quite hard and hot. What can I do for her ? 
Pennsylvania. a. R. 
The swelling is, probably, of a drop¬ 
sical nature, in which case it will dis¬ 
appear within a few days after calving 
If it do not then disappear, an abscess 
may be suspected. Bathe both the swell¬ 
ing and the udder, if still hard, with 
water as hot as the hand can bear. If the 
swelling soften, indicating an abscess, it 
should be freely opened, after which 
syringe out daily until fiealed, with a 
two to three per-cent so'ution of carbolic 
acid or creolin. 
Injury to Mare’s Fetlock. 
My mare sprained her left forward ankle in the 
stall about three months ago; the ankle has been 
swollen, still and lame ever since. It has broken 
once just above the joint. It has mostly healed 
where it broke; there is a little bloody dischaige 
when she moves around on it. The trouble seems 
to be all in the ankle. What shall I do for it ? 
Connecticut. i B. b. 
This case ought to be personally treated 
by a qualified veterinary surgeon. The 
suppuration indicates that there is 
something more than a simple sprain, 
probably a bruise or a foreign body. If 
there is still a running sore, I would ad¬ 
vise poulticing with flaxseed or bran for 
two or three days. The cavity, if any, 
should be carefully probed for a foreign 
body. Then syringe out twice daily 
with a two to three-per-cent solution 
of creolin or carbolic acid until healed. 
If there is no open sore, or as soon as the 
sore is healed, blister the whole joint 
from middle of pastern to six or eight 
inches above fetlock with ammonia lini¬ 
ment (equal parts stronger aqua am¬ 
monia and sweet oil well shaken to¬ 
gether). Repeat two or three times, if 
necessary, renewing the blister as soon 
as the crusts have all been shed from 
the previous blister. The mare should 
not be allowed to run or be worked so as 
to injure the fetlock again, for at least 
a month after all lameness has disap¬ 
peared. 
Diarrhea or Scours in Cah/es. 
The farmers in this locality are losing all their 
calves with what is commonly known as the 
Delaware County calf disease. Calves from 2 to 
10 days old are taken with a severe watery and 
bloody diarrhea, the mouth gets cold, eyes sink 
back in head, and they die in about 24 to 48 hours 
after they are taken. No medicine seems to help 
them. If they are left with the cow, they die just 
the same. Can you advise me what to do ? 
New York. c e h. 
Try the treatment advised on page 289, 
of The R N -Y. of April 15 If taken in 
hand at the outset, a good many of the 
calves can be saved. The success of tae 
treatment depends largely upon the 
thoroughness with which it is carried 
out, both as to giving the medicines and 
to the feeding. I have seen calves raised 
by this treatment, after they were so 
weak from the diarrhea a3 to be unable 
to stand alone. In acute, severe cases, I 
sometimes give full doses of the medicine 
every two hours, for a few doses, instead 
of every four hours. 
Do not overfeed. Better to let the calves 
go a little hungry. They will not starve 
for a few days even though put on the 
short allowance of only one-half to one 
pint of milk at a feeding, to be repeated 
every four hours. 
The disease is, evidently, contagious 
in your locality, so that special attention 
should be given to cleanliness and disin¬ 
fection. If the calves are to be ra sed by 
hand, it would be better to remove them 
to a separate stable as soon as possible 
after birth, where more thorough disin¬ 
fection could be practiced. Clean the 
pens daily, or preferably, night and 
morning, and dust the floors, as well as 
all droppings, with the quicklime. The 
walls and partitions ought to be white¬ 
washed or otherwise disinfected as often 
as once a week during the prevalence of 
the disease. If you do not wish to use 
whitewash on account of the color, wash 
with a two to three-per-eent solution of 
the concentrated commercial sulphuric 
acid, which is equally effective (a quart 
bottle of the acid to every three pails of 
water). This leaves no color or poison, 
and the stable is safe to turn in the 
cattle as soon as dry. 
Bitter Milk. 
What are the cause of and cure for bitter milk? 
My cow—a purebred Jersey—has usually been 
milked to within five or six weeks of calving, 
when the milk begins to be bitter. This year, 
the milk has not been fit to use for the past 
month, and she is not due to calve until June 1. 
Her feed has been sweet hay or rowen with 
wheat bran and a little gluten meal. j c u. 
Connecticut. 
There are, at least three causes that 
may produce bitter milk. 1. The milk 
from pregnant cows frequently becomes 
bitter three to six weeks before calving. 
2. Certain foods, notably turnips, are 
said sometimes to cause bitter milk. In 
this ca-e, the bitter flavor may often be 
avoided by feeding such foods only soon 
after milking. 3 Another source of bit¬ 
ter milk is due to the fermentation 
caused by several forms of micro-organ¬ 
isms or bacteria that gain access to the 
milk, either through want of care in 
handling, or uncleanliness of the uten¬ 
sils ; or through the udder from the cow 
drinking impure or stagnant water or 
eating unwholesome food. The cow may 
be due to calve earlier than expected, 
which would account for the present 
bitterness. Since it will be little 
more than a month at the farthest, I 
would advise drying her off at once. 
Should the trouble reappear after calv¬ 
ing, look to the food and drinking water, 
changing first one and then the other 
to make sure that they are not the cause. 
All milk utensils should be thoroughly 
scalded each time after use, and cleanli¬ 
ness observed in the handling of the 
milk, to avoid the introduction of bac¬ 
teria. 
Kerosene for Lice on Horses. 
1. How much kerosene oil will it be safe to 
apply on a horse that is covered with lice ? How 
is It best applied? Can you recommend any¬ 
thing better than the kerosene? 2 What book 
that you can recommend treats on the diseases 
of cows ? • What is its price ? e. w. 
Michigan. 
1. Tbe kerosene is best applied as an 
emulsion, made as follows: Kerosene, 
two quarts ; water, one quart; hard soap, 
two ounces. Dissolve the soap in the 
water and heat to boiling; add to the 
kerosene while boiling hot, and churn 
or stir vigorously for 10 to 15 minutes, 
or until a milky emulsion has been 
formed. For use, add one pint of this 
emulsion to each gallon of wa*er, and 
apply thoroughly to all parts of the 
animal. The application should be re¬ 
peated once or twice at intervals of five 
or six days to kill any young lice that 
may hatch from the nits already on the 
hair, that will not be killed by the emul- 
s : on. The emulsion is most satisfactory 
when freshly made. If you desire to use 
the kerosene simply mixed with water, 
add one part kerosene to eight parts of 
water. It will be necessary in this case 
to keep the mixture constantly agitated 
to prevent the kerosene separating and 
rising to the top. The advantage of the 
emulsion is that the kerosene remains 
in so’ution while using. 
2. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle, 
issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry 
of the United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture. If you cannot obtain a free copy 
through your congressman, write the 
Superintendent of Public Documents, 
Washington, D. C. The price is about 
$1, the cost of printing and binding. 
Cattle and Their Diseases, by Dr. A. J. 
Murray, price 82. The Farmer’s Veter¬ 
inary Adviser, by Dr. James Law, price 
83. This is an excellent-work devoted 
to the diseases of all the domestic ani¬ 
mals, and designed especially for the 
farmer and stockman. The Principles 
and Practi'e of Bovine Medicine and 
Surgery, by J. Woodruffe Hill, price 810. 
This is the largest and most complete 
work on the diseases of cattle. These 
works can be obtained through The R. 
N.-Y., on receipt of price. 
ABORTION IN THE COW. 
In a lecture delivered before the New 
York Stock Breeders’ Association la3t 
Winter, Dr. Baker, after describing the 
disease and giving a number of interest¬ 
ing cases, said : 
“So many different organisms have 
been described and experimented with, 
eaeh investigator proving to his own 
satisfaction that he has discovered the 
specific organism that produces the 
disease, that we must either admit that 
there is more than one organism that 
produces abortion, or that the true germ 
of abortion has not been identified. This 
leaves a field for bacteriological work, 
and a question that can be settled only 
by them. 
“ Symptoms. —If abortion takes place 
during the first two or three months of 
pregnancy, the premonitory symptoms 
may pass unnoticed, and our attention 
is first drawn to the true trouble when 
we notice a small bloody mass lying be¬ 
hind the cow. At times, there is a fetid 
discharge to give us warning of what 
has taken place. Milch cows are often 
noticed to shrink on their usual mess 
for a day or so before aborting, and pos¬ 
sibly the udder becomes leathery, which 
scon disappears. Cows aborting at the 
sixth or seventh month of pregnancy 
present varied symptoms, but the most 
common ones are the thick, brownish 
mucous discharge from the vagina, soil¬ 
ing the tail and hips. There may be a 
tiBge of blood and floceulent matter con¬ 
tained in the discharge, indicating the 
changes taking place in the genital 
tract. The udder may become enlarged, 
and a secretion of milk take place, and 
all symptoms of calving may be pre¬ 
sented. 
“Treatment of Contagious Form.— 
As the disease is, undoubtedly, a con¬ 
tagious one, and no actual or specific 
germ has been found, the only true treat¬ 
ment is preventive measures : 
“ 1. Attend to the condition of the 
dairy, and keep the cows on wholesome 
foods, and in as healthy a state as pos¬ 
sible. Prevent all bad odors in the 
stable, and see that the barn is properly 
lighted and ventilated. 
“2 Use germicides and disinfectants. 
Clean the floors and woodwork of stable, 
washing afterwards with a solution of 
carbolic acid, creolin, corrosive subli¬ 
mate, etc , using lime on the floor, and 
keeping it as dry as possible. 
“ 3 Use germicides to wash tail and 
vulva, and inject the vagina with creolin 
solution, one tablespoonful to one pint of 
water. 
“4. Isolate all aborting animals from 
the herd, and even from the yard, bury¬ 
ing or burning all litter, and cleaning the 
stall with strong germicides, as carbolic 
acid, corrosive sublimate, creolin, etc.” 
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