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November 1">, 1910 
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AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Bloody Milk 
What is the cause of red milk from 
two teats iu a Holstein cow? Two teats 
are apparently all right. When we set the 
milk from other teats the cream is rod. 
After 12 hours we skim the red cream off 
and the next 12 hours the cream is nat¬ 
ural. We at first thought it was bloody 
garget, so gave saltpetre for awhile. 
When it first came it tasted bad and smelt 
some peculiar smell. That is all gone. 
Still the color stays in two teats. What 
is the cause? Her grandmother had once 
in a great while what we called bloody 
garget, but it cleared up with one treat¬ 
ment of saltpetre. Sometimes this cow 
has dots of blood on the strainer. 
New Hampshire. F. N. P. 
In such chronic cases it is usual to find 
that growths in the teats are bleeding at 
|milking time. If so they may sometimes 
be removed by operation, but if they are 
high up in the teats it usually is best to 
dry off the milk flow in those quarters, as 
treatment does not pay. If growths are 
not present the bleeding indicates chronic 
mammitis (garget), which also is incur¬ 
able. 
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Worms in Dog 
• ****-. I have a hound dog, weighs about 30 
0 bs. He lias always been troubled with 
tomach worms. I took him to a doctor 
and tried worm medicine, but no cure. 
Jould you tell me something that will 
lire stomach worms, and how often to 
rent him ? R. C. 
Pennsylvania. 
Santonin and castor oil commonly are 
used to destroy worms in dogs, but san- 
tmin is somewhat dangerous unless given 
|§ in correct doses and most carefully, under 
“§§direction of a veterinarian. Better try 
the effects of freshly poivdered Knrnala 
in cream or a little soup. Give one dram 
and repeat in 30 days. If the first dose 
is not sufficiently effective increase the 
econd dose. Medicine for worms should 
be given when it is seen to be necessary. 
Obstructed Teats 
I have a young heifer, fresh about two 
weeks for the first time, that has some 
obstruction or growth in her two front 
teats, well up near her udder, that pre¬ 
en ts her letting her milk down. Her 
teats are large and well shaped. She 
milks about S qts. twice a day, but very 
little out of her front teats. Her udder 
is perfectly shaped and seems all right 
in every way. One can see some ob¬ 
struction in one teat, and can feel it in 
both. What can I do in this case? 
Virginia. a. r. 
A trained veterinarian might remove 
the growths through an incision in the 
walls of the teat, hut that is a decidedly 
risky operation. Usually it pays best to 
dry off the milk secretion in the affected 
quarters and fit the cow for the butcher 
as soon as the milk flow from the other 
quarters fails to pay. It is barely pos¬ 
sible that dilators used to increase the 
calibre of the ducts of the teats might 
help. Have your veterinarian try that. 
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Spavin 
A number of years ago I wrote you of 
a horse that had a spavin, and the remedy 
you prescribed was effective. I loaned it 
to a neighbor, and like most borrowed 
things, it never returned. One of our 
best mules strained his leg and now there 
is a lump forming, and as he “tow in” I 
am satisfied there is a spavin forming. 
Can you send me that remedy, or one 
“just as good”? j. d. n. 
Pennsylvania. 
When lameness is present from spavin 
we advise firing and blistering to be done 
by a veterinarian and to be followed by 
six weeks’ rest. If you cannot employ a 
veterinarian clip the hair from the hock 
joint and blister it repeatedly with a mix¬ 
ture of two drams each of biniodide of 
mercury and powdered cantharides and 
three ounces of lard. Rub it in for 15 
minutes, then tie the horse up short so 
that he will he unable to bite the part. 
Wash the Mister off iu two davs and then 
apply a little lard daily. Repeat the 
Mister several times, at intervals of three 
or four weeks. If lameness is not pres.nt 
better leave the part alone. 
Lump Jaw 
Will you tell me what treatment to 
give a cow for lump jaw? a. p. b. 
New York. 
If you are sure the cow is really af¬ 
fected with lumpjaw (actinomycosis) you 
should have the diseased mass cut out or 
sloughed out by a veterinarian. If the 
bones of the skull are badly affected the 
operation will not, however, be likely to 
prove successful or profitable. The wound 
should be cauterized after the operation, 
and it would also be well to give the cow 
a dram of iodide of potash twice daily in 
drinking water, as directed by the veteri¬ 
narian. Meanwhile swab the lump once 
daily with tincture of iodine. A. s. a. 
