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AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Lame Sow 
Sow three years old has seven pigs six 
weeks old; all are in fine condition*. vSow 
seems to be lame in back or in the hind 
legs, takes very short steps, and when 
made to move gives evidence that very 
great pain exists. She hunts water to 
lie in, and will remain there until made 
to move. Eats heartily; feed corn and 
milk; has ample pasture to feed on. 
There are several cases exactly like this 
in the neighborhood; veterinarian unset¬ 
tled on the cases. What is your opinion? 
Ohio. r. H. C. 
.Such cases are common. Paralysis 
threatens. Wean the pigs at once, then 
give the sow a physic of four ounces of 
Epsom salts in warm water or slop, and 
stop feeding corn. Allow her to graze, 
and in addition allow wheat middlings 
and tankage from a self-feeder. Also feed 
milk. The condition is brought on by 
the strain and drain of nursing pigs and 
is of the nature of parturient eclampsia. 
It attacks pampered, corn-stuffed soft 
60 ws. We never have seen it in a sow 
that during gestation was made to take 
active exercise daily and was fed a light 
laxative ration of milk and mixed meals 
with free access to Alfalfa or clover hay. 
Skin Disease 
A horse I brought here from the North 
last Winter and has been running to 
pasture all Summer is troubled with pim¬ 
ples which have come out thick on head, 
neck, shoulders and legs, and itch so 
much that he has rubbed the skin off in 
many places and spoiled his mane. I am 
tn’d that because having come from the 
North his blood is thick, but will adapt 
itself as he is here longer, yet I find that 
some of the native horses are afflicted 
almost as badly. Veterinarians here tell 
me that it is a humor in the blood, that 
medicine will do no good, and if it does 
not disappear with cooler weather the 
only thing to do is to bleed him. I had 
supposed that bleeding, either of man or 
beast, was a relic of the dark ages and 
would, appreciate and value your opinion 
on this point and also any suggestions 
you may give to relieve the trouble. 
Florida. w. a. r. 
You are correct in your impression re¬ 
garding bleeding. The practice is obso¬ 
lete and not in vogue among educated 
veterinarians. If possible take the horse 
to a graduate veterinarian for examina¬ 
tion, as farcy, the skin form of glanders, 
is a possibility, and if it is present the 
horse will have to be destroyed Glan¬ 
ders-farcy is communicable and fatal to 
mau. as well as being contagious and in¬ 
curable among horses and mules. If that 
disease is not present, the trouble no 
doubt is Summer itch, induced by feeding 
corn in hot weather to a horse not accus¬ 
tomed to that feed, or to conditions in the 
South, to which the horse is not accus¬ 
tomed. Have him clipped at. once and 
wash affected parts with a 1-100 solution 
of coal tar dip; then rub in flowers of 
sulphur at intervals of three days. In¬ 
ternally give half an ounce of Fowler’s 
solution of arsenic night and morning for 
a week ; then three times daily until the 
skin is normal, when the medicine should 
be discontinued gradually, taking at least 
10 days to the process. Feed oats and 
bran in preference to corn in hot weather. 
Carrots would be beneficial. 
Worms of Cats 
I have a pet cat which is troubled with 
stomach worms; vomits occasionally, but 
eats well; all the time is very active. 
He sheds his hair the whole year, licks 
himself and digs with his paws by the 
hour. His hide is very clean, shows no 
signs of humor nor has he any fleas. 
Rhode Island, A. c. k. 
Starve the cat for 24 hours, and then 
administer two to four grains of santonin 
according to the age and size of the ani¬ 
mal. It will be taken in a little milk. 
In half an hour follow with a full dose 
of castor oil. shaken up in milk, and add 
five drops of pure turpentine if the cat 
is large. Repeat the treatment in 10 
days. Make the cat live outdoors and 
find its own feed. A. s. A. 
Fits 
I have a very nice beagle puppy, seven 
months, well grown, well fed and looks 
fine. He hunts well, starts his rabbit, 
then staggers around, lies down in a fit, 
froths at the mouth kicks a little, gets 
up and howls most pitifully and acts very 
much frightened. Will go on hunting 
again, say. after 20 minutes, sometimes is 
nil right for rest of day and sometimes 
has another, also sometimes starts to howl 
for no known reason and acts frightened. 
I have tried him for worms with no re¬ 
sults. He has all kinds of food, good ex¬ 
ercise, stays in doors or out and does as 
he likes. D. B. 
Massachusetts. 
If you are certain that worms are not 
the cause the fits probably are epileptic, 
brought on by excitement and incurable. 
Still we should again give worm medicine 
after starving the dog for 24 hours. Give 
• r > grains of thymol or 30 of freshly pow¬ 
dered kamala and follow with a dose of 
castor oil in an hour. 
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