t. 
1898 
AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
An Outbreak of Swine Plague. 
Last Fall, some of our hogs were taken sick, 
some coughed and vomited, others coughed and 
had diarrhea, and some died before we concluded 
what to do. We decided that it was some kind of 
throat trouble, as the throat was swollen, so we 
rubbed the necks with coal oil, gave salts, and 
lost only one more. One for which we did nothing 
is'well and hearty, except a cough, which she 
still has. What was the trouble, and is it con¬ 
tagious ? Would it be safe to breed them and put 
them with another lot that I have ? h. w. 
Doniphan, Kan. 
The symptoms indicate swine plague, which is 
a contagious disease. The recovered animals 
can be safely bred; but I would hesitate about 
putting them with other swine that had never 
been exposed to the disease. The chances are 
against their conveying the disease after this 
time, yet they may still retain the germ of swine 
plague in a sufficiently virulent form to transmit 
the disease to susceptible animals. 
Influenza in Sheep. 
What ails my sheep ? I bought 40 in Buffalo in 
August. After I had them a week, their eyes 
were sore and turned white, the 60 I had before, 
got sore eyes; now nearly all cough and run at 
the nose, and six have died. I opened the latter 
and found their lungs filled with bloody matter. 
One of the others stands now with her head 
down, and doesn’t eat. I think she will soon die. 
What can I do for them ? c. p. n. 
The first thing is to provide the sheep with dry, 
clean, comfortable quarters, if not already so 
provided. Good care and nursing are fully as 
essential as medicines. A light diet should be 
fed, to consist in part of some kind of succulent 
food if possible. Wheat bran and oats are ex¬ 
cellent for the grain ration. Oil meal may be 
added to advantage. Give each affected animal 
one-third part raw linseed oil, and repeat the 
dose in three days if the bowels are not relaxed. 
Also, give each sheep one tablespoonful of the 
following mixture, diluted in al small teacupful 
of water, twice daily: Sweet spirits of niter and 
liquor acetate of ammonia, of each 12 ounces; 
fluid extract of belladonna, four ounces; quinine, 
one ounce; mix. Shake well before giving. 
Cow Out of Condition. 
My Jersey cow, about 10 years old, had a calf 
last October. She was in the barn two months 
before calving. We had to take away the after¬ 
birth. I have been told that, when that is the 
case, cows are liable to be delicate. I fed her a 
pail of pumpkinseach morning until she wouldn’t 
eat them longer. Now she won’t eat meal, shorts 
or ground oats, but eats hay fairly well, and will 
eat whole oats well. What can I give her to 
make her eat better? I think she has indigestion. 
o. k. w. 
It is because a cow is weak or out of condition 
that it is necessary to remove the afterbirth by 
hand, but its removal, if properly done, will not 
injure the cow in the least. Give one of the fol¬ 
lowing powders, dissolved in one-lialf pint of 
warm water, as a drench, night and morning: 
Sulphate of soda, 24 ounces; powdered gentian 
and ginger, of each, eight ounces; powdered mix 
vomica, four ounces; mix, and make into 24 
powders. Also give the cow one pint raw linseed 
oil daily at noon, until the costiveness is relieved. 
Encourage her to eat wheat bran with the oats, 
either whole or ground. Examine the mouth to 
make sure that the drooling is not due to a sore 
mouth or irregular teeth. If you can find nothing, 
and the drooling do not cease soon, have her ex¬ 
amined by a veterinarian to ascertain the cause. 
There may be some trouble with a salivary duct 
or gland. 
Influenza or Acclimation Fever in Horses. 
How can I cure light cases of influenza in 
horses, the medicine to be given with the half¬ 
ounce syringe into the mouth ? The horse has 
loss of appetite, fever, discharge from the nose, 
and cough. It appears generally in horses we 
buy from the West. Will you name a treatise on 
the diseases of the horse containing recipes for 
the cure ? j. y. s. 
Kempsville, Va. 
When horses are moved from one locality to 
another, they very commonly suffer from a mild 
attack of a febrile disease of the influenza type, 
known by horsemen as acclimation fever. Be¬ 
yond a light, laxative diet and good care, with 
pure air and comfortable quarters, little treat¬ 
ment is necessary. The ration should consist 
largely of bran mashes and scalded oats, with a 
little grass, roots or other green food, and a mod¬ 
erate allowance of clean, bright hay. In cold 
weather, the animal should be warmly blanketed, 
and the legs, if cold, wrapped with flannel ban¬ 
dages, which should be removed daily, and the 
legs rubbed vigorously. Only moderate exercise 
should be given until fully recovered. The fol¬ 
lowing prescription is, usually, the only treat¬ 
ment required: Liquor acetate of ammonia and 
sweet spirits of niter, of each one to two table¬ 
spoonfuls; fluid extract of belladonna, one tea¬ 
spoonful; to be given two or three times daily, 
diluted in a teacupful of cold water. If the 
cough is severe, rub the throat externally from 
ear to ear with ammonia liniment. The bowels 
should be regulated maiuly by the diet. But if 
there is costiveness, give pint doses of raw lin¬ 
seed oil once daily until relieved. In acute or 
severe attacks, it is well to call a competent vet¬ 
erinarian at once, as the various complications 
that are liable to occur canj’be properly treated 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
193 
only by the experienced practitioner. The Farm¬ 
er’s Veterinary Adviser, by Dr. James Law, 
price $3, to be obtained of The R. N.-Y., is the 
best work you can obtain for your purpose. 
Iodide of Potassium for Lumpy Jaw. 
I have been following directions in an article 
in The R. N.-Y. on Lumpy Jaw, by Dr. F. L. Kil- 
borne, with a four-year-old steer. I have given 
two ounces of iodide of potassium in eight doses, 
stopped three days and repeated, and have now 
given six ounces. I can see a little improvement: 
the lump is smaller, and not so sore. The animal 
chews the cud and is gaining flesh. The case is 
not of long standing, perhaps two weeks before 
treatment. How long should the treatment be 
kept up, before getting discouraged ? I have 
seen directions in another paper to use an iodide 
liniment externally. Would it help ? c. 
New Haven County, Conn. 
Two courses of 8 or 10 days each are usually suf¬ 
ficient to effect a cure in recent cases. In more 
advanced cases, a third course is often necessary. 
A fourth course is rarely required. In recent 
cases, when the tumor is small, no local treat¬ 
ment is necessary; but in advanced cases, where 
the tumor is larger, or where there is an open 
sore, I usually apply the compound tincture of 
iodine every two or three days. An iodine oint¬ 
ment will serve the same purpose. The local ap¬ 
plication of the iodine may not be necessary in 
these cases, but it assists in causing the absorp¬ 
tion of the large tumor, and thus hastens recovery. 
If you are dealing with true lumpy jaw—actino¬ 
mycosis—you have already given sufficient iodide 
to effect a cure. I understand, from your descrip¬ 
tion, that this tumor developed suddenly, in 
which case it is undoubtedly not due to actino¬ 
mycosis, but to an injury or a growth of some 
other kind. The actinomycostic tumors usually 
develop rather slowly. See page 20 of The R. 
N.-Y. for January 8, for causes and symptoms of 
actinomycosis. Even though the tumor is not 
due to actinomycosis, the animal may be bene¬ 
fited by the treatment, since the iodide has a 
marked effect on some other tumors, as well as 
on actinomycosis. The local application of the 
tincture of iodine or an ointment would be advis¬ 
able in this case. 
In the worst colds, where there is pain, constriction 
of the Bronchial tubes, and spasms of the muscles of 
the chest, Jayne’s Expectorant will afford almost 
immediate relief, and soon effect a permanent cure. 
For Headache, take Jayne’s Painless Sanative 
Piils.— Adv. 
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