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Ailing  Animals 
Answered  by  Dr.  A.  S.  Aelxander 
Obstructed  Teats 
What  can  I  do  for  a  heifer  two  years 
old  with  two  little  bunches  in  two  teats, 
as  big  as  a  pea?  When  I  start  to  milk 
there  comes  a  couple  of  drops  of  blood, 
but  that  is  all.  Do  you  think  it  is  dan¬ 
gerous  to  drink?  Some  say  it  is  a  spider. 
If  you  think  so,  is  there  a  remedy? 
Pennsylvania.  ir.  f. 
Milk  that  is  slightly  bloody  from  bleed¬ 
ing  due  to  irritation  of  growths  in  the 
teats  is  not  dangerous  for  use  by  people 
or  animals,  but  one  does  not  care  to  use 
such  milk  on  account  of  its  appearance 
and  the  knowledge  that  blood  is  present. 
When  a  case  cannot  be  cured,  it  is  there¬ 
fore  best  to  let  a  calf  nurse  or  to  dry  off 
the  secretion  of  milk  in  the  affected  quar¬ 
ter.  Apart  from  the  presence  of  blood  in 
milk,  whatever  may  be  its  cause,  the 
tuberculin  test  should  be  applied  to  every 
dairy  cow,  so  that  all  affected  with  tuber¬ 
culosis  may  be  eliminated.  That  disease 
not  only  is  incurable  and  contagious,  but 
makes  the  milk  dangerous  for  use  by  man 
or  animals.  The  exact  cause  of  growths 
of  a  warty  or  fibroid  nature  in  the  teats 
is  unknown,  but  we  think  it  likely  that 
they  are  due  to  irritation  by  squeezing 
during  the  milking  act.  When  the 
growths  are  just  inside  the  opening  of  the 
teat  they  'can  be  removed  by  scraping 
downward  with  a  special  cone-shaped  in¬ 
strument,  or  sometimes  may  be  reamed 
out  with  a  small,  sharp  scalpel,  or  some 
veterinarians  remove  them  by  twisting  a 
little  bit  of  sterilized  cotton  on  a  probe, 
dipping  it  in  carbolic  acid,  inserting  it  in 
the  duct  of  the  teat  and  leaving  it  there 
for  15  or  20  minutes  to  cauterize  the 
growths.  We  do  not  care  to  prescribe 
that  somewhat  drastic  treatment  for  gen¬ 
eral  application.  It  is  best  done  by  the 
qualified  veterinarian.  When  the  growths 
are  located  high  in  the  teat  they  had  bet¬ 
ter. not  be  operated  upon,  as  when  that  is 
done  disastrous  infection  usually  occurs 
and  leads  to  ruinous  mammitis  (garget). 
It  would  be  possible  for  a  qualified  veter¬ 
inarian  to  cut  through  the  wall  of  the 
teat  and  remove  the  growths  when  the 
cow  was  dry.  but  that  is  a  formidable 
operation,  only  to  be  attempted  by  an 
expert  and  when  the  cow  is  an  unusually 
valuable  animal.  In  such  conditions  it  is 
better  to  let  a  calf  nurse  or  to  dry  off 
the  secretion  of  milk  in  the  affected 
quarter.  We  might  add  that  in  some 
cases  we  have  succeeded  in  removing 
growths  just  inside  of  the  duct  of  the 
teat  by  immersing  the  teat  night  and 
morning,  for  five  minutes  or  more,  in  hot 
water  containing  all  the  boric  acid  it  will 
dissolve  and  working  or  injecting  a  little 
of  the  solution  into  the  opening  at  each 
time  of  immersion.  If  the  boric  acid 
solution  is  not  effective  we  substitute  a 
10  per  cent  solution  of  washing  soda, 
which  will  also  remove  warts. 
Hoof  Rot 
Can  you  give  me  a  remedy  for  hoof 
rot?  '  c.  E.  Y. 
New  York. 
We  take  it  for  granted  that  you  refer 
to  foot  rot  or  “fouls”  affecting  cattle. 
That  disease  is  .  started  by  the  feet  being 
contaminated  with  mud,  wet  and  filth  and 
foreign  objects,  such  as  bits  of  cornstalk, 
manure,  grit,  etc.,  getting  between  the 
toes,  irritating  the  skin,  and  causing 
scratches  or  lacerations.  Then  the  filth 
germ.  Bacillus  necrophorus,  invades  the 
affected  tissues  and  causes  death  of  parts 
of  them  (necrosis),  followed  by  slough¬ 
ing  and  usually  accompanied  by  a  foul 
odor.  Foot  rot  of  sheep  is  of  the  same 
nature  and  cause.  In  bad  cases,  in  both 
cattle  and  sheep,  pus  forms  and  under¬ 
runs  the  horn  or  sole  or  wall,  and  in  some 
instances  the  hoofs  slough  off  and  the 
bones  may  even  have  to  be  removed  to 
effect  a  cure.  Avoid  letting  cattle  or 
sheep  run  in  foul  places.  Especially  do 
away  with  mud  an'd  manure  holes 
through  which  animals  have  to  wade 
when  going  into  the  stable  or  going  back 
and  forth  to  pasture.  Treat  as  follows: 
1'erfecfly  cleanse  the  affected  feet,  but  do 
not  pull  and  rope  back  and  forward  be¬ 
tween  the  toes.  Doing  so  “adds  insult 
to  injury”  and  aggravates  the  condition, 
or  gives  germs  a  better  chance  to  invade 
the  tissues.  Remove  all  foreign  bodies. 
With  a  clean,  sharp  hoof  knife,  then  cut 
away  every  bit  of  rotten,  loose  or  under- 
run  horn  of  sole  or  wall.  Then  immerse 
the  treated  foot  for  five  minutes  or  more 
in  hot  water  containing  all  the  bluestone 
(sulphate  of  copper)  it  will  dissolve. 
When  that  has  been  done,  wrap  the 
foot  in  sterilized  cotton  ;  bandage  that 
in  place  by  criss-crossing  a  narrow  ban¬ 
dage  of  unbleached  muslin  between  the 
toes  and  tieing  it  around  the  pastern. 
Then  keep  the  animal  in  the  stable  and 
Keep  the  dressings  saturated  with  a  solu¬ 
tion  of  five  parts  of  carbolic  acid,  three 
parts  of  formalin  and  100  parts  of  boiled 
water.  If  recovery  is  tardy,  more  cut¬ 
ting  may  have  to  be  done.  As  soon  as 
healing  is  progressing  fast,  remove  the 
dressing  and  apply  pine  tar  two  or  three 
times  a  week.  Treat  sheep  in  the  same 
way. 
Swelling  on  Breast 
I  have  a  horse  with  swelling  between 
front  legs,  or  under  breast,  which  I  can¬ 
not  account  for.  There  seems  to  be  no 
lameness  or  soreness  in  any  of  the  af¬ 
fected  parts.  He  has  been  doing  ordinary 
farm  work  ;  is  in  fair  condition  ;  has  had 
mixture  of  clover  and  Timothy  hay,  corn 
and  oats,-  ground,  as  feed.  l.  j. 
Pennsylvania. 
A  personal  examination  would,  of 
course,  be  necessary  to  an  absolutely  pos¬ 
itive  diagnosis  in  this  case,  but,  as  that  is 
out  of  the  question,  we  may  be  able  to 
give  you  some  advice  relative  to  arriving 
at  a  correct  conclusion.  A  swelling  of 
the  sort  mentioned  sometimes  is  caused 
by  the  horse  bending  over  a  manger  or 
other  hard  object  to  obtain  feed,  and  in 
so  doing  bruising  the  part.  In  that  event 
one  usually  finds  a  cyst  or  sac  filled  with 
fluid.  It  is  exactly  like  the  serous  cyst 
that  forms  when  the  elbow  is  bruised  and 
a  shoeboil  is  starting.  A  similar  collec¬ 
tion  of  inflammatory  lymph  may  also 
form  on  the  shoulder  when  bruised  by  a 
tight-fitting  collar  or  one  that  is  so  large 
that  it  rubs  during  action.  The  fluid  in 
such  condition  may  be  reabsorbed  if  the 
cause  is  removed  and  the  horse  is  tied  so 
that  lying  down  is  made  impossible. 
Treatment  then  consists  in  bathing  the 
part  persistently  with  a  mixture  of  one 
ounce  of  sulphate  of  zinc  and  half  a  pint 
each  of  cider  vinegar  and  soft  cold  wa¬ 
ter.  Tincture  of  iodine  may  also  be  ap¬ 
plied  each  evening.  If  the  fluid  is  not 
then  absorbed  in  a  short  time  the  sac 
should  be  opened,  to  one  side,  the  fluid 
liberated,  tincture  of  iodine  injected  and 
then  applied  twice  daily.  If  you  cannot 
find,  by  close  examination,  that  a  cyst  is 
present,  or  that  the  swelling  has  resulted 
from  a  punctured  wound  and  germ  in¬ 
fection,  or  from  a  sore  caused  by  the 
bellyband  rubbing,  or  the  heels  of  the 
shoe  cutting  the  flesh,  we  fear  it  will 
have  to  be  concluded  that  heart  disease  is 
the  cause.  If  that  is  the  case  the  swell¬ 
ing  is  dropsical  and  will  pit  or  dent  when 
pressed  upon  with  the  finger  tips.  You 
may  also  find  that  the  heart  is  missing 
beats  by  “taking  the  pulse”  at  the  bor¬ 
der  of  the  lower  jaw,  just  in  front  of  the 
bulge  of  the  cheek,  and  you  may  notice 
pulsations  of  the  jugular  vein,  on  the 
near  or  left  side  of  the  neck  in  the  deep 
jugular  groove.  That  is  termed  regurgi¬ 
tation  of  blood  in  the  vein,  and  it  denotes 
valvular  insufficiency.  If  such  heart 
trouble  is  present,  medical  treatment  may 
do  little  good,  but  the  horse  may  be  able 
to  do  light  work  for  a  time,  if  carefully 
handled.  Try  the  effects  of  a  dram  of 
iodide  of  potash  dissolved  in  the  drinking 
water  twice  daily  for  five  consecutive 
days  a  week  for  two  weeks,  and  also 
give  10  drops  of  fluid  extract  of  nux 
vomica  three  times  daily  in  a  little  water. 
The  dose  of  nux  may  be  gradually  in¬ 
creased  if  that  is  found  necessary.  Stop 
the  treatments  if  any  alavming  symp¬ 
toms  appear. 
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