. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. i \ i 1. 160 DISEASES OF CATTLE. Treatment. Apply to the sores the following lotion : Sulphate of zinc, two drachms; water, one pint. Prevention. When once fairly established in a place, it is almost a certainty that all cows and neat cattle will take it, some developing it sooner than others. To save time and expense, " take the bull by the horns," and inoculate every one of them. By producing the disease in this
. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. i \ i 1. 160 DISEASES OF CATTLE. Treatment. Apply to the sores the following lotion : Sulphate of zinc, two drachms; water, one pint. Prevention. When once fairly established in a place, it is almost a certainty that all cows and neat cattle will take it, some developing it sooner than others. To save time and expense, " take the bull by the horns," and inoculate every one of them. By producing the disease in this way, a week or so will see the last of it, and by good care not much time or loss will have been incurred. The milk of cows affected' with this disease is poison. Calves, by drinking the milk of cows with this disease, will perish in great numbers. Symptoms. Difficulty in swallowing, and cough ; saliva driveling from the mouth. The whole accompanied by fever, and frequently ending in death. Eye Diseases.—Cows are not so often the subject of diseases of the eye as horses are. There is, however, one disease of the eye which cows are often affected with, namely : cancer of the eye, which cannot be cured, but will ultimately destroy the eye altogether. P'or other diseases of the eye, see Eye Diseases in the first part of this book. Falling 6ickness.—(See Milk Fever.) Falling of the Womb.—Calf Bed—Reed^ etc. This deviation from the normal or healthy condition is a great trouble to the farmer and breeder. Cause. Relaxation of the horns or ligaments of the womb from a weak and relaxed habit of the body, accompanied by debility. Prevention. Immediately after calving, apply a truss or pad to the mouth of the vagina, and secure it in the following manner : put a large horse collar on the cow's neck; one surcingle round the body of the cow, behind the fore legs, and another in front of the udder and hind legs. This being done, attach a small soft rope to each side of the colla
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