668 
April Vl. 1019 
Ailing Animals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
•Jhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Paralysis 
I have a four months old Jersey calf 
that has suddenly lost the use of her hind 
quarters. I found her in a wedged posi- 
i ion in a corner where I had her tied. Her 
hind legs were partly crumpled under her 
.body and she could not move or get up. 
I unstrapped her rope. but. she only rolled 
over on her side. Her rope was rather 
short—about three feet, and she has not 
had much chance to take any exercise. 
Her feed has been as follows: All the 
second cutting clover hay she could eat 
night and morning, oue-lialf pint calf meal 
and skim-milk making an eight pound 
gruel twice daily, and one quart meal at 
noon composed of one part wheat feed, 
one part ground barley and one-twelftli 
part oil meal. Since then her appetite 
and bowels have been good and T have 
only given her clear skim-milk for her 
feed. What is the cause and remedy for 
such a case? J. m. c. 
New York. 
A calf so fed and confined commonly 
suffers from rickets and if suddenly scared 
so that it jumps about in the pen, or if 
caught and cast as you describe may 
break one bone or several and be unable 
to rise. The calf in question may be so 
affected. Carefully examine each leg bone 
in turn by handling and feeling and also 
listening as the leg is worked in different 
directions. If no bones are broken the 
calf probably is constipated and in that 
case you should give ; full dose of epsom 
salts (four ounces) in warm water to 
freely move the bowels. 
Congested Udder 
We have a heifer that is about to 
freshen the third time; her udder swells 
and also her hind legs, above her udder. 
Her udder also cakes. She has concrete 
floor to lie on, but is well bedded with 
straw. Could you tell me the cause and 
what to do for her? L. B. I.. 
Pennsylvania. 
A concrete stall floor always should be 
covered with cork, brick or planks to pro¬ 
tect the udder from chill, which cannot 
properly be prevented by use of bedding. 
T’ncovered concrete floors are a fertile 
cause of subacute cases of mammitis 
(garget) in dairy cows. It is quite com¬ 
mon. however, for a heavily fed. under- 
exercised cow to have congestion and 
dropsical swellings of the udder and ad¬ 
jacent parts. Usually such animals are 
heavy milkers, provided chilling or bruis¬ 
ing does not cause true mammitis. Allow 
the cow a well-bedded box stall but give 
her outdoor exercise every day. Greatly 
reduce rich feed and open the bowels with 
dauber salts. Massage the udder three 
times a day and once daily strip away 
some of the fluid, if such is found present. 
Catarrh 
I 
What is the matter with my horse? 
She coughs and the mucus runs somewhat 
from her nostrils. Is it a plain cough or 
cold, and what can I do for it? 
Virginia. T. L. s. 
We cannot form a confident opinion 
from your meagre description cf the symp¬ 
toms, for you do not tell us how long the 
cough has existed or whether the mare has 
fever and lack of appetite. As there al¬ 
ways is a possibility of glanders in such 
cases we can only advise you to have a 
qualified veterinarian make the necessary 
examination and prescribe suitable treat¬ 
ment if he considers it a curable case. 
Barn Itch 
I have three heifers which are troubled 
with a skin disease which I cannot com¬ 
pletely control. It is in the form of a 
dry scab, mostly around neck, head, horns, 
ears and shoulders. It causes intense 
itching; even legs and side of body itch 
badly. They were troubled some with it 
last Winter. I have whitewashed the 
barn, which was formerly a henhouse; 
have been thorough in use of remedies to 
eradicate lice, but think some may yet be 
in building. H. G. H. 
New York. 
We suspect that the disease is barn 
itch, or ringworm, caused by a vegetable 
parasite. The spots in this disease are cov¬ 
ered with thick crusts. Scour each spot 
clean; then dry; apply to those on neck 
and body a solution of four ounces of sul¬ 
phate of copper (blue-stone) in a pint of 
hot water, and repeat in five to eight 
days. To the spots on the face apply tiuc- 
ture of iodine twice daily until well. 
Prepartem Paralysis 
I have a cow to be fresh last of this 
month. About three weeks ago she lost 
the use of her hind legs: hard for her to 
get up or walk. A week ago she went 
down on her front legs and has not been 
up since. She has a good appetite and 
seems to have no pain or fever. Will you 
advise me what to do. also of the proba¬ 
bility of her recovery? She is about 10 
years old and has never had trouble be¬ 
fore at calving. MuS. v. h. g. 
Virginia. 
A cow sometimes goes down with “milk 
fever" before calving, and if so the treat¬ 
ment is the same as for milk fever after 
calving, viz., to inflate the udder with air 
pumped through a sterilized milking tube 
and clean rubber tube attached to a 
bicycle pump or special milk fever udder 
inflating apparatus. Better have a quali¬ 
fied veterinarian examine the cow and 
apply the inflation treatment if he decides 
that it is indicated. We scarcely can de¬ 
cide that without seeing the case. 
Thin Cow 
I have a cow that is thin in flesh. I 
have been feeding her corn chop, oilmeal. 
gluten meal, cow feed, oats and buckwheat 
ground together, but she does not gain. 
I feed 1 lb. of feed for 8 lbs. of milk. Sin- 
does not cough and seems to be all right. 
Pennsylvania. r. w. 
Although the cow does not cough it 
would be well to have her tested with 
tuberculin, as tuberculosis is a possible 
cause of her thin condition. It is natural, 
however, for some heavy milking cows to 
remain thin during the lactation period. 
Your feeding is good provided you also 
give the cow practically all the clover or 
Alfalfa hay she cares to clean up. 
Carrying Pigs Over Summer 
I have three shotes about five months 
old. Would it. pay to carry .these- over 
to next Fall? They weigh about 160 
to 175 lbs. alive. Would you advise buy¬ 
ing some small ones for the Summer? I 
have to keep them shut up all the time. 
iSome say they would keep them and 
others say it would not pay. H. B. 
New York. 
It will not pay to keep the hogs. They 
are a profitable weight now. and con¬ 
sidering the high price obtainable for hogs 
at the present time you would do well to 
market the animals at once. They will 
be almost sure to go wrong in their legs 
if kept confined to a pen. If you can 
arrange for pasture it would be best to 
buy a sow in pig and let her graze 
green crop with her pigs as soon as they 
are doing well and then feed the pigs off 
for November slaughter after weaning. 
Dishorning Fistula 
I have a four-year-old cow which I had 
dishorned last Fall. One horn has healed 
all right, hut the other does not seem to 
heal well: keeps running at times. She 
has a five weeks’ old calf at side; calf is 
doing well, and she looks well and milk is 
good. I have tried everything I can think 
of. Is there any cure, and what can be 
done? v.s. F. 
Delaware. 
Horn particles, dirt. hair. etc., get into 
the core of the horn base and frontal 
sinus, or cavity of the skull and keep up 
irritation and discharge of pus. Saw off 
the stub of the horn as close to the head 
as possible: then flush out the cavity with 
warm water colored light pink with per¬ 
manganate of potash to remove all for¬ 
eign matter. Do this with a fountain 
syringe daily. Then pack the cavity with 
oakum saturated with the permanganate 
solution. As soon as it is found difficult 
to insert the rope of oakum, apply pine 
tar and oakum on top and bandage it in 
place. Renew this twice a week until no 
longer needed. 
Thrush 
I have a horse that is troubled with 
thrush. I am washing his feet out with 
warm water every day. and dusting them 
with a solution of sulphate of copper. 
Will this treatment effect a cure? 
New Jersey. C. G. it. 
The treatment is incorrect, as frequent 
washing tends to aggravate thrush, or at 
least hinder healing. The disease is 
caused by the horse standing in wet and 
filth in the stable. Perfectly cleanse the 
stall, then keep it clean, dry and bedded 
with sawdust or shavings. Cleanse the 
cleft of the frog and on each side of it, 
and cut away all loose, under-run or rot¬ 
ten horn of frog or sole. Then pack into 
tin- cleft of the frog and other crevices a 
mixture of equal quantities of calomel, 
powdered alum and tannic acid, and cover 
with pine tar and oakum. Remove the 
packing once daily until well. 
Judge (to witness) : '‘Why didn’t you 
go to the help of the defendant in the 
fight?" Witness: “I didn’t know which 
was going t<> be the defendant.”—Boston 
Transcript. 
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