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Ailing  Animals 
Answered  by  Dr.  A.  S.  Aelxander 
Dishorning  Cattle 
I  have  a  six-months-old  Guernsey 
heifer  and  would  like  to  know  what  to 
put  on  her  horns  to  stop  the  growth  of 
horns,  as  I  prefer  cows  without  horns. 
Connecticut.  c.  H.  o. 
The  growth  of  horns  cannot  be  stopped 
after  an  animal  is  six  months  old  by 
other  means  than  mechanical  dishorning, 
by  which  we  mean  removal  of  the  small 
horns  by  means  of  a  meat  saw,  bone  saw 
or  special  dishorning  shears.  As  the  ani¬ 
mal  in  question  is  of  that  age  we  should 
advise  letting  the  horns  grow  until  the 
heifer  is  at  least  one  year  old ;  then  they 
may  be  removed  by  means  of  the  shears. 
We  prefer  the  shears  to  the  saw,  as  they 
act  quicker,  cause  less  pain  and  usually 
“do  a  better  or  cleaner  job.”  That  de¬ 
pends  upon  the  sharpness  of  the  shears, 
however,  for  blunt  ■shears  are  difficult  to 
close  on  a  thick  horn,  no  doubt  cause 
much  unnecessity  suffering  and,  if  they 
are  dirty  as  well,  the  wound  may  fail  to 
heal  properly,  and  a  running  sore  remain 
or  result.  The  best  possible  way  of  ob¬ 
taining  hornless  cattle  is,  of  course,  to 
breed  to  a  bull  of  a  hornless  breed  ;  but 
the  distinct  dairy  breeds  are  not  horn¬ 
less,  although  the  Red  Poll  is  a  good 
milker,  being  what  is  termed  a  “dual 
purpose”  aninu.1,  and  Polled  Durhams, 
which  are  hornless  Shorthorns,  are  now 
bred  for  dairy  purposes,  as  well  as  beef¬ 
ing,  will  also  give  good  satisfaction  at 
the  pail.  When  it  is  not  desired  to  use  a 
polled  bull,  the  next  best  plan  is  to  pre¬ 
vent  growth  of  horns  by  applying  a  caus¬ 
tic.  This  chemical  dxshorner,  as  it  is 
called,  is  a  stick  of  caustic  potash,  and 
should  be  used  as  follows  to  obtain  the 
best  results :  Before  the  calf  is  one  week 
old.  shave  the  hair  from  above  the  horn 
buttons,  which  can  be  felt  just  under  the 
skin  ;  then  apply  lard  or  vaseline  around 
the  horn  button  and  next  dampen  the 
skin  over  the  button.  Now  wrap  one- end 
of  the  caustic  potash  stick  with  thick 
brown  paper,  and  also  wear  an  old  glove. 
Rub  the  caustic  upon  the  dampened  skin 
until  the  skin  turns  whitish  in  color  and 
is  ready  to  bleed.  When  one  horn  button 
has  been  treated  in  that  way,  treat  the 
other  in  exactly  the  same  way.  Then 
give  the  first  button  an  extra  rub  or  two, 
to  make  sure,  and  finish  up  by  touching 
the  second  button  in  like  manner.  This 
will  prevent  the  horns  from  growing,  so 
that  the  animal  jvill  grow  up  with  a  nat¬ 
ural  “muley”  poll.  If  the  skin  is  made 
too  wet  the  caustic  may  run,  burn  se¬ 
verely  or  get  into  the  eyes  and  cause 
blindness. 
Ringbone  Lameness 
I  have  a  horse  affected  with  ringbone 
of  about  a  month’s  standing;  could  you 
give  me  a  prescription  to  cure  lameness? 
Can  I  work  horse  during  treatment? 
Ohio.  e.  J. 
A  ringbone  is  a  bony  growth  or  ex¬ 
ostosis  occurring  upon  the  pastern  bone 
of  a  fore  or  hind  foot  as  a  result  of  in¬ 
flammation  of  the  bone  skin  (perios¬ 
teum).  Concussion  may  bring  it  on,  but 
it  is  most  likely  to  occur  in  a  horse  with 
short,  stubby  or  upright  pasterns  and 
when  there  is  a  hereditary  predisposition 
to  the  formation  of  exostoses.  The  lame¬ 
ness  is  acute  when  the  periosteum  is  in¬ 
tensely  inflamed  and  also  when  the 
growth  interferes  with  the  normal  move¬ 
ments  of  the  pastern  joint,  in  low  ring¬ 
bone.  As  concussion  is  much  more  se¬ 
vere  upon  a  fore  foot  than  a  hind  one 
and  more  weight  also  rests  upon  the  fore 
feet,  a  ringbone  of  a  fore  foot  is  much 
more  difficult  to  treat  successfully,  for 
removal  of  lameness,  than  one  on  a  bind 
pastern.  It  has  therefore  been  found 
in  practice  that  high  unnerving  is  the 
best  method  of  removing  the  lameness 
due  to  a  ringbone  of  a  fore  foot ;  but 
point-firing  and  blistering,  followed  by 
six  weeks  of  absolute  rest  possibly  may 
remove  the  lameness  from  ringbone  of  a 
hind  foot.  Rest  is  imperative  for  the  rea¬ 
son  that  firing  and  blistering,  or  repeated 
blistering  without  firing,  proves  beneficial 
by  uniting  the  bones  involved.  The  union 
of  two  bones  by  means  of  new  bone  de¬ 
posit,  such  as  a  ringbone,  is  called  an¬ 
kylosis.  When  that  occurs  motion  ceases, 
friction  subsides,  and  lameness  due  to  it 
disappears.  Union  will  not  take  place 
when  the  affected  part  is  constantly 
moved.  If  the  ringbone  is  of  recent 
origin  we  should  advise  you  to  keep  the 
part  constantly  covered  with  cold,  wet 
swabs  or  a  pad  of  felt,  to  be  kept  satu¬ 
rated  with  cold  water.  They  may  reduce 
the  flow  of  blood  and  stop  the  inflamma¬ 
tion.  If  that  occurs  the  depositing  of 
bone  may  not  only  cease  but  the  bone  al¬ 
ready  deposited  mfty  be  resorbed.  That 
is  most  likely  to  occur  in  a  colt.  It  will 
not  be  likely  to  occur  in  an  adult  or  old 
horse.  If  the  wet  compresses  used  for 
a  month  do  not  remove  the  lameness  have 
the  horse  shod  with  a  rolling  motion 
shoe — or  have  it  put  on  when  starting 
the  cold  pack  treatment — -and  then  have 
veterinarian  point-fire  the  part  and  the 
wall  of  the  hoof  below  the  ringbone,  by 
means  of  a  bulb  firing  iron  or  a  thermo 
cautery.  Then  blister  the  part  and  then 
keep  the  horse  tied  up  short  in  a  stall 
for  six  weeks.  He  will  soon  learn  to 
sleep  in  the  standing  position.  A  local 
anesthetic  should  be  used  before  firing. 
Cyst  on  Knee 
We  have  a  dark  Jersey  cow  with  a  soft 
bunch  on  her  right  knee.  It  came  from 
standing  and  lying  down  on  concrete 
floor.  Will  you  kindly  advise  me  what 
to  do?  Will  it  be  safe  to  lance  it?  F.  s. 
A  cow  puts  all  of  her  weight  on  her 
knees  when  starting  to  rise,  and  conse¬ 
quently  is  liable  to  bruise  them  when  the 
stall  floor  is  not  very  deeply  bedded,  or 
when  the  knees  happen  to  strike  the  curb 
of  the  stanchion  or  possible  the  manger. 
Prevention  is  therefore  all  important.  If 
a  cow  is  seen  to  be  affected  slightly  with 
the  bruising  mentioned,  the  cysts  may 
sometimes  be  prevented  from  forming  by 
moving  her  into  a  well-bedded  stall  and 
then  bathing  her  knees  persistently  with 
cold  water  and  vinegar,  and  at  night  ap¬ 
plying  tincture  of  iodine  two  or  three 
times  a  week.  When  inflammation  has 
set  in  and  the  knee  is  seen  to  be  swollen 
and  causing  lameness,  it  is  better  still  ro 
poultice  the  knee  for  two  or  three  days 
with  antiphlogistin,  applied  hot,  covered 
with  sterilized  cotton  and  kept  in  place 
by  bandaging.  This  treatment  will  not 
help  in  a  chronic  case  in  which  a  large 
swelling  has  formed  and  much  fluid  can 
be  felt  when  the  part  is  handled.  An  op¬ 
eration  is  then  the  only  successful  treat¬ 
ment.  The  popular  treatment  among 
dairymen  is  to  run  a  tape  seton  or  rowel 
down  through  the  sac  or  cyst,  tie  a  bit  of 
leather  to  each  end  of  the  tape,  smear  the 
tape  with  turpentine,  tincture  of  iodine 
or  a  blistering  ointment,  and  then  pull  it 
up  and  down  several  times  daily,  to  cause 
a  flow  of  serum.  The  tape  has  to  be  re¬ 
placed  once  a  week,  a  new  tape  being  tied 
to  one  end  of  the  first  one  and  pulled  into 
place  by  pulling  out  the  old  one.  It  is  a 
much  better  plan  to  clip  the  hair  from 
the  enlargement,  restrain  the  cow  so  that 
she  will  be  unable  to  struggle,  perfectly 
cleanse  the  skin,  paint  it  with  incture  of 
iodine  when  dry  and  then  open  through 
the  skin  at  the  lowest  part  of  the  swell¬ 
ing.  After  the  incision  has  been  made 
and  some  of  the  liquid  has  run  out,  the 
incision  may  be  enlarged,  the  cleansed 
finger  introduced  and  partitions  or  ad¬ 
hesions  broken  down  and  clots  of  blood 
or  fibrin  removed.  Some  tincture  of 
iodine  should  then  be  injected,  held  in 
and  worked  about  until  it  has  wetted  the 
lining  of  the  sac.  The  cavity  then  should 
be  packed  loosely  with  a  strip  of  antisep¬ 
tic  gauze  or  teased  oakum  saturated  with 
a  mixture  of  equal  quantities  of  turpen¬ 
tine  and  raw  linseed  oil  and  allowing  a 
tag  of  oakum  to  hang  from  the  wound 
and  serve  as  a  drain.  The  packing  should 
be  replaced  daily.  A  cold  wet  bandage 
should  be  kept  upon  the  knee  for  24  hours 
after  the  operation. 
Worms  of  Puppy 
We  have  a  little  puppy  about  two 
months  old.  lie  is  bothered  with  worms 
about  6  in.  long  and  about  3/32  in.  in  di¬ 
ameter.  Could  you  suggest  a  remedy  for 
his  trouble?  w.  H.  C. 
The  worms  described  are  ascaris  or 
round  worms.  The  newest  treatment  rec¬ 
ommended  is  to  administer  carbon  tetra- 
ehlorid  in  soft  gelatin  capsules,  which 
your  veterinarian  can  obtain  or  which 
your  druggist  can  order.  This  drug  is 
also  the  most  effective  remedy  for  hook 
worms  so  prevalent  among  dogs  in  (he 
Southern  States.  It  may  safely  be  given 
to  a  puppy  of  two  weeks.  The  puppy 
should  fast  over  night.  Hard  capsules 
may  be  used  if'  the  soft  closed  ones  can¬ 
not  be  obtained,  but  gx-eat  care  must  be 
taken  not  to  break  the  capsule  or  have 
the  cap  come  off.  as  the  drug  is  harmful 
when  inhaled.  The  dose  for  a  puppy  is 
about  one  drop  per  pound  of  body  weight, 
and  for  a  grown  dog  .is  two  drops  per 
pound.  Its  efficacy  is  stated  to  be  80  to 
100  per  cent.  Oil  of  chenopodium  is  axx 
even  more  effective  destroyer  or  expeller 
of  woi-ms,  as  a  general  rule,  but  is  not  so 
safe  as  carbon  tetrachlorid  for  a  puppy. 
The  dose  is  one  cubic  centimeter,  or  about 
16  drops,  for  a  22-lb.  dog.  It  is  given  in 
a  capsule  and  followed  immediately  by  a 
full  dose  of  castor  oil.  One  to  two  table¬ 
spoons  of  castor  oil  usually  is  the  dose. 
The  larger  one  is  best,  if  the  dog  is 
strong,  but  less  should  be  given  to  a  weak 
dog  or  to  a  puppy.  The  treated  dog  will 
be  likely  to  salivate  or  vomit,  but  the 
drug  is  said  to  be'  effective  even  when 
vomiting  has  occurred.  In  a  case  where 
there  is  inflammation  of  the  digestive 
tract  it  is  advised  to  give  one-half  to  one 
grain  of  santonin  along  with  a  like  dose 
of  calomel  in  a  capsule  once  daily  fox- 
several  days.  It  is  best  to  give  it  early 
in  the  morning  Ad  not  to  feed  the  dog 
for  two  or  three  hours  after  administra¬ 
tion  of  the  medicine.  These  new  treat¬ 
ments  are  pi-escribed  by  Dr.  Maurice  C. 
Hall,  senior  zoologist  of  the  U.  S.  De¬ 
partment  of  Agriculture,  so  may  be  con¬ 
sidered  standard  and  reliable.  It  may  be 
■added  that  ready-to-use  worm  medicine 
for  dogs  may  be  bought  at  most  drug 
stores,  with  directions  for  use,  and  usu¬ 
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must  be  taken  to  carefully  follow  direc¬ 
tions  given  by  the  maker  in  the  use  of 
such  proprietary  medicines.  Santonin  is 
likely  to  be  an  important  ingredient,  and 
it  is  decidedly  dangerous  when  given  in 
an  overdose,  especially  to  a  puppy. 
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