Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1515 
Ailing Aminals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Itching Skin of Cow 
My cow rubs her neck to the extent the 
lair comes out in patches. On examina¬ 
tion, no inflammation of skin nor any 
rermin can be noticed. B. H. 
New York. 
In most cases of the sort described one 
finds on close examination that lice are 
present, or that the irritation is caused 
by ringworm, also called barn itch, which 
is caused by a vegetable parasite (Trico- 
phyton tonsurans), which lives on damp 
walls and woodwork, indoors and out, as 
well as on the skin of animals and man. 
Lice often are found most thickly congre¬ 
gated in wrinkles about the neck, or back 
of the ears, or under the armpits, but 
may swarm on any part of the body. 
Ringworm is characterized by formation 
of thick scabs or crusts, and each affected 
spot shows a surrounding circle of up¬ 
standing hair with the center of the spot 
bare. The face and neck are most com¬ 
monly affected in young calves, but in 
adult cows we often find the skin along 
the backbone and just in front of the tail 
head badly affected. 
If you determine, by careful examina¬ 
tion, that neither of these conditions is 
present in the case in question, we must 
conclude that the irritation Is either due 
to presence of foreign bodies at the roots 
of the hairs, or that the cow is afflicted 
with the mysterious malady called alo¬ 
pecia arreata, which causes loss of hair, 
itehiness, without noticeable cause. 
If lice are found they should be de¬ 
stroyed by wetting the infested parts with 
a tea made by, boiling for 30 minutes 4 oz. 
of stavesacre or larkspur seeds in a gal¬ 
lon of water, and a few days later, if 
seen to be necessary, dusting the infested 
skin with powdered sabadilla, blanketing 
the cow and then brushing her outdoors a 
few hours later. Care must be taken to 
tie the cow so that she will be unable to 
lick her treated body, or to be licked by 
other cattle. 
If the disease is ringworm, saturate the 
spots daily with sweet oil or cottonseed 
oil until the scabs can be removed with¬ 
out drawing blood. When that has been 
done, cover each spot and around it with 
strong iodine ointment, and repeat the 
treatment when seen to be necessary. 
When there are many spots to be treated 
on the body it is cheaper to saturate each 
with a solution of 4 oz. of bluestone and 
one pint of hot water once or twice a 
week. Spots around the eyes cannot 
safely be treated with iodine or bluestone 
solution. Saturate them several times 
daily with hydrochlorite of soda solution. 
Warts 
My mule has what appears to be two 
warts, one about the size of a smell hen’s 
egg, and the other smaller, on her breast 
up near the neck, above the forelegs, 
right where the collar and harness press 
on the warts. b. d. 
If the warts have slim necks or narrow 
bases, twist them off at once, or pull them 
off with pinchers such as a blacksmith 
uses to remove a horse’s shoes. This plan 
is a better one as concerns the large 
masses of warts that often grow upon the 
neck or some other part of the body of a 
calf. If preferred, it may suffice to ligate 
the neck of a lai-ge wart on a horse’s or 
mule’s neck or shoulder with a fine cord 
and then wet it several times daily with 
strong vinegar, or once daily with dilute 
acetic acid until it shrivels up and drops 
off. If a slim-necked wart is quite small 
it may be more quickly snipped off with 
scissors. Then, when the bleeding has 
subsided, tincture of iodine may be ap¬ 
plied to the wound. If masses of warts 
are removed by pulling or twisting, pine 
tar may be freely applied to the wounds. 
If yon do not care to try pulling the 
wart off as suggested, cover it daily with 
a mixture of salicyclic acid and collodion, 
which the druggist will prepare. There 
are many other mixtures suitable and 
more or less effective for the removal of 
warts. Some of these have been sug¬ 
gested by our readers. Here are a few 
of them: Cover the parts with bicarbon¬ 
ate of soda; then pour on a small quan¬ 
tity of vinegar, which will cause the soda 
to boil up, but do not apply enough to 
wasb tiie soda off. Let this dry on the 
part, and it will also remove the wart. 
Water containing a lump of washing soda 
as large as a walnut (in one-half cup of 
warm water) applied several times daily 
has also been reported as effective for 
wart removal. It is especially good for 
warts on a cow’s teats. Oil of cedar, ap¬ 
plied several times daily with a swab of 
cotton tied on a small stick has been rec¬ 
ommended for the same purpose. The 
writer has also found a mixture of cold- 
pressed castor oil, salt and flowers of sul¬ 
phur a good application for masses of 
small warts on cattle. When but a sin¬ 
gle wart, or a few of them widely apart, 
have grown on a horse’s skin we have 
cut them out at once, or burned them off 
with dilute nitric acid applied twice a 
week, after applying lard or vaseline free¬ 
ly to the sound skin. Removal of the 
warts on the mule, by dissection, to be 
done by a veterinarian, would be the 
quickest way. 
“Roaring” Horse 
I have a beautiful horse weighing 1,200 
lbs. He works at anything he is put to, 
and is good on the road. He is in good 
condition, but once had distemper, and 
when traveling very fast, and especially 
up-hill, it makes him breathe a little 
heavy, so it can be heard. I do not know 
how long ago it has been since he had 
distemper. Is there anything I can give 
him to overcome this? I have not had 
him long. I am feeding him four quarts 
at a time, two quarts whole oats, one 
quart bran, one quart molasses feed, with 
a little oilmeal; sometimes two quarts 
ground stock feed, one quart bran, one 
quart molasses feed, with a little oilmeal. 
When I give him ground feed I mix it up 
with water so it is a little damp. I give 
hay and what water he will drink before 
feeding, and some salt. c. s. w. 
It is to be feared that “roaring” has re- 
suted from the attack of distemper men¬ 
tioned. It is quite common for that to 
occur, and unfortunately there is no 
medicinal remedy for the ailment. The 
condition that causes the roaring sound, 
when air is inhaled, is paralysis of the 
left recurrent laryngeal nerve in the 
larynx or “voice box,” and the vocal 
cord and cartilages of the organ are also 
affected. In mild cases whistling may 
occur, and that is less serious. 
If it is certain that roaring is the dis¬ 
ease present, and the horse is valuable 
and a qualified veterinarian available for 
the work, an operation should be per¬ 
formed upon the affected parts of the 
larynx. The new treatment is to strip 
the lining membrane from certain cavities 
in the larynx by means of a special burr¬ 
shaped instrument. The operation re¬ 
quires great skill, is expensive and some¬ 
what dangerous, and can only be done by 
a trained specialist after the animal has 
been cast and put under the influence of 
an anesthetic. When such an qperation 
is not possible any veterinarian who does 
not feel qualified to attempt the difficult 
operation readily may insert a permanent 
silver trachea tube in the windpipe, and 
when that has been done the horse will 
be able to breathe comfortably through 
the tube and work without making a roar¬ 
ing sound or suffering distress from the 
restricted entrance of fresh air. The 
tube has to be removed twice daily, how¬ 
ever, perfectly cleansed and disinfected 
and then returned to place; otherwise 
troublesome infection will be about cer¬ 
tain to result. 
Difficulty in exhaling and inhaling air 
may be due, in some cases, to presence of 
a tumor or polypus growing from the lin¬ 
ing membrane of a nostril. The growth 
may sometimes be seen when one looks 
into the nostril when it is illuminated by 
sunlight or a flashlight. The mass is pink 
in color, usually has a slim neck, some¬ 
times falls into the throat and causes a 
paroxysm of coughing, and often is asso¬ 
ciated with a nasal discharge. It is re¬ 
movable by operation in a majority of 
cases. To determine if a tumor is pres¬ 
ent, close one nostril with the palm of 
the hand and note if breathing takes place 
normally through the open nostril; then 
test the other nostril in the same way. 
In cold weather the jets of steam from 
the nostrils indicate if they are free from 
polypus. The feed is suitable, but with¬ 
hold bulky roughage at noon when the 
horse has to work. 
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