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Ailing Animals 
Lamenvst 
I have a lO-year-old mare that •'went 
lame on her front leg last May. I had a 
veterinarian who said her trouble was in 
shoulder; he doctored, but did no good. 
A second veterinarian could find no sore¬ 
ness, fever or swelling anywhere, but 
thought it was in the cords from knee to 
ankle. He helped her some, hut did not 
cure her. Most of the time she stood with 
foot set way ahead, but now stands with 
foot about even with other one, but only 
rests her toe, not allowing me to straight¬ 
en knee or ankle. She has been nearly 
well twice, then got worse again. The 
blacksmith says her foot is in good condi¬ 
tion, with the exception of being a little 
bard. I can hit the shoe with a hammer 
and she doesn’t fiinch. If there is any¬ 
thing yon can tell me I would be very 
glad. F. 0. B. 
New York. 
As the foot appears to be the seat of 
the lameness, we should advise you to clip 
the hair from the hoof-head (coronet) 
and blister it twice, at intervals of three 
weeks, with a mixture of two drams each 
of biniodide of mercury and powdered 
cantharides and three ounces of lard. Tie 
the mare up short. Rub the blister in a 
little at a time for 15 minutes; then smear 
some of it on the surface of the skin. 
Wash the blister off in 48 hours; then 
apply a little lard daily. A. 8 . A. 
Collar Sores 
We have a mare with sore shonlderA 
She has one sore on each side where the 
most pressure is, when pulling, and they 
are getting worse. I use sweat pads, and 
have cut holes in the sweat pads where 
the pad covers the sore; have used oxide 
of zinc and lard, but that seems to do 
little good. What would you advise using 
for her? Do you think a heavy breast 
collar would help her any? T. M. B. 
Ohio. 
In chronic cases of this sort the best 
treatment is to have the sore dissected 
out by a veterinarian and then treat the 
wound until healed. It is impossible to 
heal a collar sore properly when sweat 
pads are used, but there is much better 
chance of recovery when a breast collar 
is used. Suitable treatment of the wound 
would be to apply three times daily a 
little of a solution of one ounce of acetate 
of lead and six drams of sulphate of zinc 
Tn a-pint of soft water. Label the bottle 
“poison,” and shake it well before ■use. 
This “white lotion” also is excellent for 
application to any wound of the skin. 
When a scab forms on the wound do not 
remove it or wash the wound. Simply 
go on using the lotion and tie the horse 
so that he will be unable to lick or bite 
the wound. A. 8 . A. 
Warts; Sidebonc 
I have a two-weeks-old heifer calf 
which has bunches about as large as a 
robin’s egg on each side at the corners of 
its mouth. Is there anything that will 
help, or would it be wise to kill her? 
Also would like to know how to treat a 
sidebone on horses. F. F. w. 
New York. 
We suspect that the bunches referred 
to are warts'and these are so common 
tWt they need cause no alarm. Rub in 
best castor oil once or twice daily and 
they should disappear after a time. If 
that does not happen, then have them dis¬ 
sected out by a surgeon. A sidebone is 
an ossification or turning to bone of the 
lateral cartilage of the foot, and for this 
there is no remedy. If lameness is pres¬ 
ent it may sometimes be relieved by 
putting on a bar shoe after cutting away 
a small semi-circular portion of the wall 
at the ground surface directly under the 
sidebone, then keeping cold, wet swabs 
upon the hoof head for three or four 
weeks and then blistering the part if the 
lameness persists. a. 8. a. 
Dog With Fif* 
What is wrong with my dog? She has 
fits every once in a while. She falls 
down, lies there and shakes all over. A 
little while after she gets over it her hind 
legs seem to drag. She eats and other¬ 
wise is all right. W. A. 8. 
Pennsylvania. 
Worms are the probable cause of the 
fits, and you should give the dog worm 
medicine, which you can buy ready for 
use at the drug store. At time of a fit 
give 20 grains of bromide of potash in a 
little water, and, if necessary, repeat the 
dose in 20 minutes. Let the dog live an 
outdoor life and allow only one small meal 
each evening. Enforce active exercise 
every day. A. 8. A. 
Cow in Bad Condition 
I have a valuable cow four years old. 
It is six weeks since calf was 'V'eaned. 
Calf was allowed to suck half the udder 
till weaning. The left hind teat seems to 
have a lump up in the udder or base of 
teat, and at times gives lumpy or stringy 
milk; also creamy colored, and we cannot 
use it. Cow has not been bred since 
calving. Her udder is good size and 
fleshy. No irregularity shows from any 
point of view and has never been in- 
jureil in any way of which I know. She 
milks only one-half as much from this teat 
as the other three. Can you give me any 
advice and suggest a remedy? J. B. S. 
West Virginia. 
The symptoms described so strongly 
suggest tuberculosis of the udder as the 
cause of the condition present that we 
can only advise you to have a qualified 
veterinarian apply the tuberculin test. 
Meanwhile isolate the cow and do not use 
the milk. We hope it may turn out to be 
an ordinary case of mammitis (garget) 
for which treatment often has been pre¬ 
scribed here, hut we do not feel justified 
in prescribing treatment without making 
an examination. a. s. a. 
Bone Tumor 
I have a bull two years old that has a 
small lump on his upper jaw. It has 
been there about two months and seems 
to be increasing in size; is hard, but does 
not seem to be at all sensitive or painful. 
Can you tell from this description what 
it is and what to do for it? He is in 
good order, eats well and seems to be all 
right in every other respect. G. M. 
The tumor of the hone possibly is due 
to cutting pre-molar teeth or a diseased 
or split tooth or to actinomycosis (lump 
jaw). We cannot determine the exact 
cau.se without making an examination. 
If you cannot find anything wrong with 
the teeth we should advise you to paint 
the lump with tincture of iodine every 
other day, and if it then goes on increasing 
in size, have a trained surgeon operate, if 
condition in no way injures the bull for 
service. Even lump jaw is not directly 
contagious or communicable. A. s. A. 
Tuberculous Cattle in New York 
Can you tell me the present attitude of 
the State of New York toward tubercu¬ 
lous cattle? I know that if the State con- 
'ducts a test and pays for the condemned 
cattle the owner is barred from the pur¬ 
chase of any untested stock, though the 
tested stock in many localities is impos¬ 
sible to find. I have the impression that 
one can employ his own veterinary an(l 
have his cattle tested at his own expense, 
and the State will pay for those con- 
demned._ If I am right in this, does the 
prohibition against the purchase of un¬ 
tested cattle then obtain? What is really 
the best procedure when one has reason to 
believe that the disease exists in his herd? 
New York. f. w. p. 
The present attitude of the State to¬ 
wards tuberculosis in cattle seems to be 
one of encouraging the building up of 
tuberculosis-free herds, rather than the 
indiscriminate destruction of those herds 
showing more or less evidence of the dis¬ 
ease. The owner of any herd maintained 
for dairy or breeding purposes may now 
make application for an examination by 
a veterinarian in State employ. In mak¬ 
ing such application, he must agree to fol¬ 
low the directions of the commissioner 
designed to prevent the reinfection of his 
herd and further spread of the disease. 
Such directions will include provision for 
the slaughter cattle found to be infect¬ 
ed, or, as an alternative, their retention 
by the owner under the Bang system. 
Slaughtered cattle are paid for on the 
basis of their appraised value, as hereto¬ 
fore. I do not find in the present law any 
reference to the purchase of untested cat¬ 
tle, and conclude, therefore, that that pro¬ 
vision of the old law was not retained in 
the one taking effect on July 1, 1917. In 
connection with this, an “Accredited 
Herd” plan has been adopted by the State 
in co-operation with Federal authorities. 
The best procedure for one who sus¬ 
pects the existence of tuberculosis in his 
herd to follow is a pretty difficult thing to 
outline. It will vary, of course, with in¬ 
dividual cases. In practice, it will vary 
also with the conscience and sense of re¬ 
sponsibility of the herd owner. There are 
only two honorable methods to follow. 
One is for the owner to privately ascer¬ 
tain which of his cattle are diseased and 
to dispose of them in a legitimate way, ac¬ 
cepting such losses as are inevitable. The 
other is to turn the job over to the State 
and accept such recompense as they will 
make in recognition of the fact that the 
slaughter of diseased cattle is a measure 
for public health. It must be granted 
that the matter is often a very difiicult 
one to decide wisely. Comparatively few 
herds are wholly free from tuberculosis, 
and no practical way of eradicating it 
without losses which individual owners 
cannot help but feel are unjust to them 
has yet been devi.sed. My own feeling is 
that, if I had a herd which I had reason 
to believe might be moderately infected, 
I should attempt to eradicate the disease 
at my own expense. Some features of 
this work that have come under my ob¬ 
servation in the past do not incline me to 
trust wholly to State ofiicials. On the 
other hand, if I had a herd which I 
thought had, in any way, become gener¬ 
ally and seriously diseased, I should prob¬ 
ably, as the quickest and cheapest way, 
ask the State to take it off my hands with 
such compensation as is legally allowed. 
In this way, a portion of the loss in¬ 
curred for the protection of the public 
would be borne by the public. M. B. D. 
