The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . nful of Saltpeter, three times a day for a fewdays. If she has required three or four doses of the Iodinetreatment, she will come to her feed slowly and also to her milkslowly. Prevention.—As this disease can in many cases be pre-vented, the preventive treatment is important. Do not giveheavy milkers, rich, milk-producing food for a time before the cow is in good pasture, put her into poorer, or in the stableand feed hay. Do not feed silage after a cow goes dry, until afterc
The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . nful of Saltpeter, three times a day for a fewdays. If she has required three or four doses of the Iodinetreatment, she will come to her feed slowly and also to her milkslowly. Prevention.—As this disease can in many cases be pre-vented, the preventive treatment is important. Do not giveheavy milkers, rich, milk-producing food for a time before the cow is in good pasture, put her into poorer, or in the stableand feed hay. Do not feed silage after a cow goes dry, until aftercalving. Keep the bowels loose by giving occasional pound-dosesof Epsom Salts, commencing two weeks before, and give everythree or four days, giving the last dose, if possible, just beforeshe calves, or immediately after. Also give Saltpeter, a table-spoonful once or twice a day, commencing two weeks beforeparturition should take place. Another preventive measurewhich some consider very valuable, is not to milk the cow dryafter delivery; taking only what the calf wants for a couple of Diseases of Cattle. TUBERCULOUS UDDER OF COW Tuberculosis of a cows udder which appeared uniformly swollen and quite firm. Smallcheesy foci and yellowish lines of tuberculous material follow the course of the milkducts. The mucous membrane of the milk cistern (a) is ulcerated and covered withyellowish cheesy particles. The lymphatic (b) is greativ enlarged and contains manymiliary tubercular foci. ^ DISSASES OF 435 days, and then gradually taking a little more, until the fifth orsixth day she can be milked dry. Many things go to indicatethat this is a valuable preventive measure, and is perfectly not commence to feed milk-producing food for four or fivedays after parturition. The fact that an animal has the diseaseonce is no indication that she will have it again. INFLAMMATION OF THE MILK-BAG OR UD-DER—MAMMITIS—GARGET.—This is an inflammation ofthe mammary gland. Sometimes t
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