TREATING INFECTIOUS MAMMITIS IN THE COW. 
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
EXPERIMENTS IN TREATING INFECTIOUS MAMMITIS 
IN THE COW.* 
By Dr. E. Zschokke, Zurich. 
Translated by Archibald R. War of, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y 
Some years ago in this publication the various methods for 
the treatment of infectious mammitis were reviewed and their 
inefficiency pointed out. The necessity for carrying on further 
investigations into the nature of this udder disease and of the 
possibility of its successful treatment was very evident, because 
from the reports of some veterinarians there is no doubt that in 
certain regions this disease assumes the importance of a plague, 
dreaded even more than foot-and-mouth disease itself. 
The farmers are beginning now to apprehend more and more 
the peril to the productive capacity of their milch cows engen¬ 
dered by this infection. They are manifestly more on the alert 
for abnormal appearances of the milk, and promptly take meas¬ 
ures to have an examination made. In this they do right. A 
timely diagnosis of the disease may be the means of preventing 
the spread of the infection. Besides this, individual consumers 
and cheese factories will receive milk of a more uniformly 
wholesome character, thus obviating many complaints and det-* 
ri.mental criticisms. 
The more exact observations of the appearance of the udder 
and milk, and the constant increase in the number of samples 
sent for microscopic examination to the pathological department 
of the Veterinary College at Zurich, are attributed .to an in¬ 
creased interest in and understanding of the disease. 
The number and results of these investigations, omitting the 
* Heilversuche bein gelben Galt der Kuh. Landwirthschaftlisches fahrbuch der 
Schweiz ., 1900, Heft. 2, S. 56. 
f The translator acknowledges with thanks the valuable aid in his work received 
from Prof. W. L. Williams, of the New York State Veterinary College, and from Mr. 
Otto F. Hunziker, B. S. A. 
