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MO r N l N q, Ap1tI l. q. 1877.


Veterinary Science.
THE UNIVERSITY COURSE OF VETERINARY
LECTURES EY PROF. CREs~Y, AT THE
MEDICAL COLLEGE.
No. XIX.
CONSUMPTION.
Professor Greasy exhibited n portion of
the lung OF q COW killed in Massachusetts
and presented by Mr.. A. ". Chcever, Of the
Nw England Farmcr.
This specimen shows n deposit CT cllca-
reous matter, and the piece il nearly a.
heavy and hard as chalk 1t is a result OF
tuberculosis. The tubercle may be at first a
mechanical deposit which creates irritation
and finally consumption.
1t Is high time that our farmers wake up
to the dangers of breeding disease, while
trying to breed high points in points IN their
cattle. BY in-and-in breeding the vitality
of the offspring is lowered, and its cOnsti
tuition weakened, and the process tends d.
rccty to develop any latent disease to which
its ancestors have tendency. Such intim-
ate breeding with pigs. carried on for any
great length of time, will produce pigs
which will not live ten days. Horses also
degenerate under this system of breeding,
scarcely less rapidly; and the lecturer be-
lieved cattle were no exception to the rule.
Such breeding with the feeding Of steamed
food will not only produce tuberculosis,
but barrenness.
lie mentioned the case of the famous
English COW sold ut the York Mills sale for
forty thousand dollars and which died from
tuberculosis in short time after the sal c.
Many cows shipped from Europe die before
arriving here This system of breeding for
fancy points can be carried to its fullest
extent only at the expense OF health and
soundness Of constitution. He had known
herd in uhich this high bree ne had been
carried to q great extent; v re also the
food was steamed and the BIT ing smelled
like sHlll barrel, and VII the cattle
were kept in warm stable II the time.
with little exercise and the t,le herd had
tuberculosis, and were finally sold on that
account.
QUARTER CRACK IN HORSES.
Having been requested to take up the
subject of quarter crack, Professor Cressy
sad this is an unsoundness, resulting from
the failure of healthy nutrition OF the horny
covering of the foot.
The growth Of horn takes place from the
rim about the top of the hoof which is call
ed the coronary band. 10 many cases black
smiths burn this curonary band. destroyed
the life and healthy growth of the hoof.
Quarter-crack results. and then fungoid
growth will often take place from the
wound.
There are cases of quarter crack from the
bottom of the hOof, from failure to pare
the hoof down to healty condition. These
are of not much account. The only possible
cure will be from rest and quiet, which may
be aided by shOeing. with a high heel, and
cutting down the toe, keeping the hOoi
moist by Oiling and washing with soap and
water, which should be done every day.
The crack may be drawn toa ether by max
ing Two small holes, one each SHE and a
little distance away from the crack. A
clamp may then be made of a piece of iron
with the ends turned up at right angles,
which should just fit into the holes, going
| across the crack from one hole to the other
then with pincers bend in the ends of the
iron so they will hook into the holes and
draw the crack together When this has
been done scratch the foot at the roots OF
the boot, Just enough to make it little
bloody, and if the hoof is well held together
by the clamp, granulation will often com
mence and e cure may be expected.
NO. Xxx.
SCRATCHES.
Scratches, or mud fever, occurs in horses,
| commonly in the Spring of the year. 1t
arises from an unhealthy condition of the
| skin, and may be cured nine times out OF
ten by cutting off the hair around the
cracks, so that they can be cleaned. and
washing clean with CASTLE soap and warm
water. Carbolic acid or glycero-tannin, OF
tar. may be applied with good effect, or
| grease from the rind of a ham, or the rind
itself if bound on will have an excellent
effect. there being enough creosote in it to
have cleansing effect. This, said Prof.
Greasy, is also excellent for foot-rot in sheep;
| for that trouble, double the rind together,
| flesh side out, draw 1t in between the toes
and bind it there.
If the scratches are very bad, and of long
standing. the cracks deep and the edges
thickcned, bleed the parts by scar:fying
| the edges, and make frequent applications
of cold water.
An old remedy for such eases is to fill the
crack with calOmel and bind it in, and when
grsnulation begins, the cure will DE surpris-
ingly rapid.
The lecturer mentioned case in hiS
practice where for six weeks the SOr>e
had not been able to be used, which
in ten days was entirely cured. though the
skin was cracked quite through. Proven
tive means in this disease are most impOr-
| tant, as it IS easier to prevent than to cure.
| The foot should be kept moist and skin
| healthy, which in nine cases ont of ten will
prevent the trouble when there Is 4 ten
dency to it. In reply to question, Pro-
fessor Cressy said he thought scratches
would not break out merely from bad con-
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any impure condition of the blood will find
issue there and aggrayate the trouble.
BOTS.
Bots are grubs Matched from the eggs of
the bot fly This fly is most active and
troublesome in the hottest weather. In
cold, wet weather it is dormant or nearly
50. They Law their eggs on the legs OF the
horse from whence they are taken into the
stomach where they hatch into grub-. and
in this state are known az bots; they attach
themselves to the walls Of the stomach,
and draw their nutrition from that
furnished the animal, and from the
Juices of the stomach. They cause some ir-
ritation, but are not generally very trouble
some. After time they fall off from the
walls of the stomach and pass off in the
manure. from which they emerge in the
form OF fly, and again go through the
same round.
Bots may generally be expelled by giving
the horse sweetened milk. which the grubs
like, and will let go their hold to take it
the better An active cathartic will then
bring them away.
Another form of bot is found in the head
Of the sheep. where they are called grub-in-
tSe-head. These come from an egg laid in
the nose Of the sheep, where they are hatch
cd and work their way up the nasal pas
sages. and in rams they are often found i'll
the horns. but they never work out if these
sinuses into the brain, and the lecturer
did not think they ever caused death in
sheep, otherwise in good condition.
Another parasite found IN the brain, and
often mistaken for the grub-in-the-head,
is the hydatd. coming from tape worm
which il taken into the stomach and finds
its way through the circulation to the brain,
producing gid in the head. No cure is
known except cutting through the skull
and taking out the grub with crooked
wire.
A letter from one tramp to another was
picked up in Fairhavcn the other day,
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