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lb* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 11, 1920 
Ailing Animals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Spoiled Quarter 
I have bought a cow that does not give 
milk in left hind teat. The seller said 
she jumped a fence in fright from a dog 
one year ago and tore the teat on barb 
wire. He milked it for a time, but the 
milk being offensive he ceased to milk it, 
and it is now dry. The teat is soft, but 
that quarter of the udder is rather hard. 
Can anything be done to get it milking 
again? C. H. S. 
Michigan. 
The quarter is permanently ruined for 
milk production, and as tuberculosis of 
the udder is a possible cause the milk 
should not be used unless application of 
the tuberculin test by a qualified veter¬ 
inarian proves that the cow is free from 
that disease. At this season of the year 
it would be best to test by the intrader- 
mal or ophthalmic method. . Temperature 
readings scarcely are reliable in hot 
weather. Such a cow rarely is worth re¬ 
taining for dairying. 
Lice on Cat 
I have an Angora cat three months old, 
which is covered with lice, and we have 
tried everything from insect powder to 
grease on him, and fail to get them off. 
They would apparently be gone for a few 
days, and then a fresh supply hatches 
out. Could you suggest something that 
would take them off and not injure his 
fur or affect his health? Several appli¬ 
cations tried seemed to make him feel 
badly for a few days. A. B. 
New 'York. 
Lice rarely infest cats, but one variety 
of biting louse is met with in debilitated 
kittens. We wonder if your cat is not 
infested with fleas? The usual treatment 
is to put some Dalmatian insect powder 
in a sack, insert the cat, omitting its 
head, and then shaking well to get the 
powder into the fur. ‘If lice really are 
present, we should advise experimenting 
with fluoride of calcium, now used for 
killing lice on poultry. 
Slobbering 
ties. It also is common for such cats to 
contract tuberculosis in that way. Any 
grown cat may of course take whole milk, 
and prefers it; but we were not referring 
to such animals. Santonin is the only 
drug that has given perfectly reliable 
certain results in destroying worms of 
cats, and that is why it is prescribed by 
veterinarians. “Punkin seed tea” is a 
popular remedy, and safer than santonin. 
The latter drug must carefully be given 
according to directions, and as a physic 
cream does not suffice after administra¬ 
tion of this drug. 
Ailing Cow 
My cow since six weeks ago has had 
a running at the nose. Can you advise 
me regarding it? This same cow was 
about two weeks late in calving, and was 
so weak ,in her hindquarters for a few 
days she could not get on her feet. Would 
you advise breeding her this Fall as 
usual? A. B. D. 
New Jersey. 
The flowing mucus may indicate sim¬ 
ple cold or catarrh, but the other par¬ 
ticulars suggest tuberculosis as the cause 
of all of the symptoms mentioned. Be¬ 
fore deciding to breed her again we should 
therefore advise you to have the intra- 
dermal or ophthalmic tuberculin test ap¬ 
plied by a qualified veterinarian. Mean¬ 
while the cow should be kept in a box 
stall during inclement weather and should 
not stand in drafts or where the air is 
full of dust. Good feeding and care should 
suffice, without drugs, if tuberculosis is 
not present. 
Mange 
Two of my rabbits, one year old, have 
the mange. What can be done for them? 
New York. w. E. c. 
If the rabbits have true mange, and 
only two are affected thus far. we should 
advise destroying and burning the ani¬ 
mals. Then the hutches should be per¬ 
fectly cleansed, disinfected and white¬ 
washed. Mange in rabbits usually starts 
about the nose and extends to the upper 
sides of the head, where it remains local¬ 
ized. Another form localizes in the ears. 
Treatment of mange in rabbits consists 
in removing the hair from and around 
affected parts and bathing them with 
green soap, which should be allowed to 
remain on for two hours. Then wash off 
and repeat if necessary until scabs are 
removed. Then rub in an ointment com¬ 
posed of sublimed sulphur, two parts; 
potassium carbonate, one part; lard, 
eight parts. Repeat at intervals of four 
to six days, until scab formation and 
itching subside. 
Chronic Fistula 
I have just bought a fine mare which 
has fistulous withers, and was sold to 
me as cured. At present there is no 
swelling and no pain, and just a little 
discharge (hardly noticeable). The horse 
is working. Is there any danger of its 
breaking out again? The dealer said he 
had drained the pus from the fistula and 
that there is only healthy growth in it. 
The discharge comes from the drainage 
out below the fistula scar. Is the fistula 
cured, or can it be cured? E. V. 
New Jersey. 
The term fistula means a pipe or sinus • 
discharging pus or the secretion of a 
gland. The fistula of the withers in this 
case is not cured, but chronic, and will 
necessitate an operation by a qualified 
veterinarian. He should lay the abscess 
open to the bottom of the fistulous tract, 
cut out dead or diseased cartilage or other 
tissue, swab the wound with tincture of 
iodine, and then instruct you as to ap¬ 
propriate treatment with a baeterin. If 
the “pipe” runs down behind the shoulder 
blade, as commonly is the fact in chronic 
cases, the condition practically is incur¬ 
able. 
Bog Spavin; Overgrown Hoofs 
1. What can be done for a horse I have 
just bought? Both hind legs are swollen 
up at the hock joint. Some say she has 
a thoroughpin on both legs, but I think 
it is bog or blood spavin. She goes stiff 
on first coming out of stable, but after 
going a little way it seems to go away. 
2. I have a Guernsey cow. a good one, 
whose front and back hoofs grow very 
long, till they cross over one another at 
points, then break off. Can I do any¬ 
thing to keep the hoofs short? w. D. 
New York. 
1. Thoroughpin often is associated with 
bog spavin ; but there is such condition 
as “blood spavin.” Where the horse is 
lame or stiff after standing still for a 
time it is common to find bone spavin as¬ 
sociated with the boggy condition of the 
hock joints. When that is so the best 
treatment is line-firing and blistering, to 
be done by a trained veterinarian, and 
followed by six weeks’ rest in a stall. If 
you do not care to blister in the case in 
question, and it may not really be neces¬ 
sary, we would advise you to apply a 
commercial or proprietary reducing prep¬ 
aration to be bought at the drug store, 
or twice daily rub in some 10 per cent 
iodin petrogen or vasogen. Stop for a 
time if the skin becomes sore. 2. Cut 
the hoofs down to normal proportions by 
means of a meat saw, or a large chisel 
and mallet. The cow should be re¬ 
strained in stocks or stanchions at the 
time of this operation, and you should be 
careful not to cut into the “quick” 
(pododerm). Repeat the cutting, or do 
the necessary trimming with a black¬ 
smith’s hoof rasp, from time to time. 
Staggers 
We have a horse that is sick, and the 
veterinarian whom we called in says he 
does not know what it is. The horse 
looks well and eats well; eyes are all 
right. She is of a nervous disposition. 
She falls down and is unable to get up. 
We had rigged up pulleys and rope and 
help her up. She has been down once 
in 10 days, and then again it will be two 
or three weeks. When she gets up she 
will start eating. We worked her a 
little, but she perspired so that she has 
been in pasture for some time. 
E. H. P. 
Ohio. 1 
This is a brain and nerve disorder, 
probably epilepsy, and incurable. Sup¬ 
port her with veterinary slings each night 
in a box stall, but let her work lightly or 
run on grass during the day. Work her 
in a breast collar. Have her clipped if 
the coat is long and rough. Feed oats, 
wheat bran and good hay, unless she is 
on grass. Do not feed corn in hot 
weather, and also avoid bran mashes. 
Shade her head and cover her body with 
a white sheet when at work in the sun. 
I have a horse that “slobbers” when | 
driven—a continual sticky discharge. Is 
there anv cure? The veterinarian says it 
is caused hy bit. but change of bit does 
no 'good. He has been in this condition 
two years. H. S. W. 
New York. 
Have an experienced veterinarian put 
the teeth in order, as irregularities are 
the probable cause of “slobbering” where 
it is not due to pasturing white clover. 
Also swab the mouth twice daily with 
soft water containing a tablespoonful of 
borax to the quart, and if necessary sub¬ 
stitute a similar solution of alum. Avoid 
all damaged or irritating feeds. 
Repelling Flies 
Can you tell me anything to use to 
keep the flies from cow when out in the 
field? The large flies pester the animal 
to death. I have tried sprays, but they 
do not last long. Some one . advised 
steeped walnut leaves, and I tried that, 
but it does not seem to be much good. 
Pennsylvania. D - 
Where flies are so prevalent that free 
and frequent spraying with commercial 
fly repellents does not keep them off light 
sheets of burlap should be applied. In 
addition, the exposed parts of the body 
should be sprayed, and it also is well to 
spray the sheet. We know of no harmless 
shoo-fly mixture that will keep off flies 
for more than a day, and the proprietary 
preparations are as good and cheap as 
anything we could prescribe. 
Milk for Cats 
On page 1336 is an inquiry regarding 
worms in cat. With part of the answer 
at least I do not agree at all, which is 
this: “Do not feed a cat new warm 
milk.” Also it says skim-milk is best of 
all for cats. Cats and new warm milk go 
together, just like anything else in the 
animal kingdom. We had a cat IS years 
old that was as spry as any cat; got 
caught in a steel trap, set for woodchueks, 
so it had to be shot. If you like cats at 
all you would have laughed to see him 
if given skim-milk. The children used to 
do it sometimes just to see the fun. for 
he would look at the milk, then at them, 
and march away with disgust just stick¬ 
ing out of the end of every hair, they 
said. Also, if kitty, is left to himself, he 
will usually get rid of worms, as he 
knows what to look for, usually grass 
(for stomach worms). They eat grass 
to make them throw them up, but if you 
feel you must give him something cook 
up some pumpkin seeds, a good table¬ 
spoonful, in about one-half cup water: 
strain and put the tea in a saucer of good 
rich milk, after he has had a chance to 
get good and hungry. The cream in the 
milk will act in place of oil 49 times out 
of 50, especially if the cat has been fast¬ 
ing on skim-milk for the last month. 
Then after animal is all right let him 
have new milk, without being afraid it 
will spoil him. Probably a few drops of 
castor oil would do if one has no cream. 
New York. N. n. 
Experience in veterinary practice has 
proved without doubt that the practice of 
allowing young farm cats all the warm 
milk they care to drink at milking t'^e 
is liable to cause derangement and fatali- 
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