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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 8, 1919 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Fistula of Teat 
I have a cow that went through a 
fence about three weeks ago. One of her 
teats split so badly that milk was coming 
out of the side of her teat. I milk her 
with a milk tube and applied a salve, 
healing the wound, but there still remains 
a small hole, through which the milk 
flows, necessitating a milk tube to milk. 
Massachusetts. F. J. w. 
The milking tube will be about certain 
to carry infective matters into the teat 
and cause ruinous mammitis (garget). 
The tube should be sterilized by boiling 
for 15 minutes or so each time before use. 
IVhen the cow is dry the fistula may be 
closed by operation, but that should not 
be attempted when she is giving milk. 
Taint the part with flexible collodion after 
each milking, and if that does not suffice 
apply a strip of surgeon's tape or plaster 
as a bandage over the orifice. A. s. A. 
Mammitis 
I have just acquired a fine Guernsey, 
which because of inattention at calving 
time, last May, has lost the use of two 
teats. The calf died, and the cow was 
not milked dry, with the usual results. 
The two teats are not entirely dry now, 
but the bag above them is very large, 
although not apparently sore or swollen, 
simply an abnormal fleshy condition. She 
milks* over two gallons now, and would be 
a five-gallon cow ordinarily. She is three 
years old. Is this condition likely to be 
permanent, or will it readjust itself with 
her next calf? J. n. B. 
Washington, D. C. 
The condition described is incurable and 
will be likely to become worse at another 
calving time. We should advise you to 
have the cow tested with tuberculin, as 
such conditions sometimes are due to 
tuberculosis. If she does not react it 
would be well to fit her for the butcher, 
if you think that will pay. It rarely is 
profitable to retain such a cow for dairy¬ 
ing. A. S. A. 
wind puffs on both forelegs. About two 
months ago she sprained her right fore¬ 
leg and there was quite a swelling above 
fetlock, which swelling has been reduced 
considerably. When she walks you can 
hardly notice any lameness, but when she 
trots she goes lame. I have used two or 
three different liniments, as well as other 
remedies. What would you advise? 
Ohio. f. s. 
A careful examination is necessary to 
locate the seat of lameness, so that appro¬ 
priate treatment may be given, but if you 
are certain that the cause in this case is a 
sprain of the tendons, line-firing and blis¬ 
tering probably would be the most effect¬ 
ive treatment. It would have to be done 
by a qualified veterinarian, and one should 
be employed to make the necessary exam¬ 
ination. A. S. A. 
Hemorrhagic Septicemia 
Would you tell me what ailed my cow? 
The first we noticed she was sick was 12 
hours before she died. She stood and 
looked at her side and moaned several 
times, laid down and died quietly. I-Ier 
eyes were glassy, nose dry; not bloated 
very much. One passage during day was 
bloody. After she died we held post¬ 
mortem ; little stomach was rather hard 
and dry; big stomach was filled with 
grass. Her intestines were empty except 
considerable bloody fluid; bladder seemed 
filled the same way. She had been feed¬ 
ing on grass and weeds, giving about a 
gallon of milk a day and drinking all the 
water she wanted; was in good flesh. 
Maryland. j. f. b. 
We suspect that the cow died of hem¬ 
orrhagic septicemia, but anthrax presents 
similar symptoms. Both are malignant, 
infectious diseases and should be reported 
to the State Veterinarian or his deputy. 
There is no remedy, but vaccination can 
be done, with a fair degree of success, 
against either disease. Meanwhile keep 
the cattle off the pasture in which the 
disease was contracted, and out of all 
low, wet or wild pastures. 
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Leaking Teats 
I have a Holstein cow that loses her 
milk all the time, especially mornings. Is 
lliere anything I can do for her? I have 
tried milking three times a day, but it 
has no effect on her. She loses some 
whether her supply is large or small. She 
is a good cow, around seven years old. 
n. b. 
Try the effect of immersing the teats 
in a strong solution of alum for five min¬ 
utes after each milking. If that does not 
suffice, apply melted wax or paraffin to 
the tips of the teats, and if that fails 
apply flexible collodion. Stop applying 
collodion when the teats are seen to be 
irritated. Do not tie tapes around the teats 
or apply rubber hands, but rubber thimbles 
sometimes are used. Some veterinarians 
claim that a little blistering salve inserted 
in the tip of the teat when the cow is dry 
will prevent her from again losing when 
fresh. We have not given that plan a 
trial. Some dairymen also have reported 
that they have used clean cloves as teat 
plugs with good success in such cases. 
The clove should first be smeared with 
carbolized vaseline or benzoated oxide of 
zinc ointment. We cannot vouch for the 
efficacy of this treatment, and one sub¬ 
scriber who tried it stated that garget 
ensued. That may have been due to fail¬ 
ure to use a fresh clove and apply salve 
before use. 
Infected Quarter 
I have a cow that came fresh last May. 
The calf sucked night and morning until 
five weeks old. About forepart of July 
a bunch formed on inside upper part of 
one teat. I treated it with an ointment 
which removed bunch, but for the last 
month or so she has come up from pasture 
about once every 10 days, at evening, with 
this same quarter caked. The next morn¬ 
ing the milk comes out in hard bits or 
curd, and she appears all right for a week 
or 10 days. I give salt occasionally. She 
gets green corn fodder twice a day and 
no grain. What can I do? w. e. b. 
New York. 
Germs have invaded the quarter and 
they cause periodic attacks of mammitis 
(garget). Such conditions often result 
from use of a milking tube that has not 
been carefully cleansed and sterilized by 
boiling before insertion m the teat. There 
is no certain remedy in such cases, hut 
it would be well to milk three times daily, 
and at times of attack milk every two or 
three hours, massaging the udder thor¬ 
oughly. each time. At night rub iu warm 
melted lard, and at time of attack sub¬ 
stitute a mixture of one part each of tur¬ 
pentine, and fluid extracts of poke root 
and belladonna. Internally, when garget 
comes, on, give a tablespoonful each of 
powdered saltpeter and poke root in soft 
feed each evening. In severe attacks give 
the powder twice daily. Keep the cow 
from bruising or chilling her udder. Do 
not let her lie down on an unbedded con¬ 
crete floor or cold, wet ground. 
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