The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1325 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Staggers 
1. Four or five months ago I wrote to 
you about a gelding afflicted with ophthal¬ 
mia. He recovered, but since then has 
had what I thought was blind staggers. 
He is 12 years old, in good fiosh and has 
had two attacks of this. Yesterday I 
hitched him and his mate to a load of 
manure, and ho staggered after going 
about 30 feet. I stopped them, then start¬ 
ed again, and this repeatedly occurred and 
, he finally fell down, but immediately 
arose. What can be done? 2. The chil¬ 
dren also have a pet orphan lamb, four 
weeks old, but after the first week lie re¬ 
fused to eat anything whatever. We have 
given him molasses in his milk once or 
twice, and since that time he will not take 
any more milk. w. G. F. 
New York. 
1. Overfeeding during idlness common¬ 
ly causes staggers, or may induce azo- 
turia. Clip the horse, keep his bowels 
active, feed lightly and have him run out 
when not at work. Sec that the collar is 
not too tight. If trouble persists, allow 
].lm a month’s rest on grass. 2. Give the 
iamb a dose of castor oil in milk and 
then stop feeding until he is hungry for 
milk. Do not add molasses. 
Vaccinating Against Blackleg 
1. How old should a calf be when vac¬ 
cinated against blackleg? 2. How old 
will a calf be before showing any symp¬ 
toms of tuberculosis? H. c. S. 
New York. 
1. A nursing calf rarely contracts 
blackleg, and so the vaccinating usually is 
done at weaning time and again six 
months later. The disease does not often 
attack cattle over two years old, but up 
to that time they should be kept im¬ 
munized by vaccination. 2. It would be 
impossible to answer this question def¬ 
initely, for tuberculosis is such an insid¬ 
ious disease that its presence in a great 
many cases is not indicated by any exter¬ 
nal symptoms, and testing with tuber¬ 
culin 'is the only reliable method of de¬ 
termining its presence. It is quite pos¬ 
sible, however, for tuberculosis to be con¬ 
tracted by a calf from the milk of its 
dam, or from infected factory milk, and 
where that occurs derangement of the di¬ 
gestive organs, such as persistent scour¬ 
ing. may indicate presence of the disease. 
Enlargement of the glands of the throat 
is another early symptom of tuberculosis, 
and, as the animal grows, it may snore, or 
breathe abnormally, and later cough, as 
it also docs when affected with pulmonary 
tuberculosis. It is not safe, however, to 
depend upon any external or physical 
symptom as an indication of tuberculosis. 
The tuberculin test should in all cases be 
applied to settle the matter beyond doubt. 
Malignant Disease 
I am having considerable trouble with 
a disease among my young cattle. These 
cattle are in a large pasture partly wood¬ 
ed, with a beautiful river running through 
the center of it. Every few days I find a 
young heifer very sick. They begin with 
a bloody dysentery discharge, nearly black 
in color, with an offensive odor. Ihey 
lose flesh rapidly, act droopy, eyes sunken 
and die within a day or two, except in a 
few rare cases they have been cured with 
a quart dose of sweet oil. This trouble 
was prevalent two years ago, but there 
was none of it last year. This yeai linio 
lost two and have another one sick now. 
Our veterinarian does not seem to know 
the disease. Can you help me? borne 
think it is anthrax, but nope of these ani¬ 
mals'bloat. 1 lost a cow five years ago 
with anthrax in another pasture, and I 
do not call this disease anything at all 
like it. S.E. C. 
New York. 
The disease either is hemorrhagic sep 
ticemia or anthrax and it is the duty of 
your veterinarian, according to State law, 
to uotifv the State Veterinarian and have 
him investigate at once, as the diseases 
mentioned are contagious and a serious 
menace. Both may be prevented with a 
fair degree of success by vaccination. An¬ 
thrax being communicable and fatal to 
man as well as animals, a dead animal 
must not be opened or skinned, and the 
carcass should be burned or buried deeply 
in quicklime. A qualified veterinarian 
should be able to differentiate between the 
two diseases fairly well, but a laboratory 
test usually is necessary to determine the 
matter finally. Meanwhile we should ad¬ 
vise you to keep cattle off the river pas¬ 
ture. 
Diseased Teat 
I have a brood sow weighing about 600 
pounds and after I weaned the pigs she 
got a very sore teat. It is very hard and 
swollen and has three boils on it. What 
6hould I do to it ? F. N. 
New Jersey. 
Cleanse the teat, then swab the sores 
with tincture of iodine twice daily until 
doing well, when benzoated oxide of zinc 
ointment may be applied daily until heal¬ 
ing is complete. The affected quarter 
may, however, be ruined for milk suction, 
and considering the weight of the sow and 
high price of pork it might be best to sell 
the animal for slaughter. It rarely pays 
to retain for breeding a sow that has 
disease of the udder or teats. 
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For Sale-Belgian Hares 
Four months old, $3 Each; 
Two " '• 2 " 
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POULTRY 
DOGS and FERRETS 
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crossed with registered 
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