Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-11
VOL. LII. NEW SERIES, VOL. AA\l'
AGRICULTURAL.
ABORTION IN COWS.


ID E Salmon, D. V. NJ, in Rural New iorkerl
When COW shows symptoms of abort
ing, remove her to a quiet place, at dis
tance from the other cows; give repeated
doses of laudanum two ounces, three
times day } give the other COWS one
half ounce of chlorate of potassa, daily,
for week as preventative. If the COW
aborts, keep her at distance from the
others, for at least month dlsinfect
and bury deeply the fetus and mem
branes, and keep the stable, i'll which she
is, well disinfccted with carbolic acid,
chloride of lime, the fumes of burning
sulphur or the three combined, and let
| her be cared for by person who does
not 60 near the other cows.
1t is impossible to say what is the best
disinfectant in a particular disease, ex-
ccpt after careful investigation, which is
vet wanting with this trouble those
agents which are very destructive to some
germs are almost harmless to others. The
ones recommended above, however, are
most promising.
Injections of weak solution of carbolic
acid, chlorate Of potassa, or salicylic acid
into the vagina after abortion, would less
en- the discharge and possibly destroy its
Infections properties, and might thus be
of considerable advantage III preventing
| the extension of the trouble. AT all
events. if the affected animal was, at the
time of the abortion or within few days
of this time, in stable where other COWS
are kept, and if there is no reason to at
tribute the trouble to blow, fall or SIM
liar cause, then this stable should be
thoroughly cleaned, scraped, the particu-
lar stall deluged with boiling water, and
the whole stable whitewashed with the
ordinary lime mixture, TO which has been
added one-half pound chloride of lime
and four ounces crude carbolc acid to the
| gallon the whole t. be followed by
closing the stable and thoroughly fumi-
eating it several times with burning sui
phur. When practicable, remove the
healthy cows to another stable or lot
where no diseased animal has been to i'll
feet it. When the trouble is once fairly
under wav, it is often the best plan to
sell the who'll, stock, thoroughly disin-
feet as above, removing all manure first,
and buy Il new lot Of animals.
These are the best directions that can
be given at present but, | repeat, there
is reason to believe that thorough in
vestigation might improve on these i'll
MANY respects it might discover that,
Ms with some other maladies. a certain
agent has n peculiar activity in destroy
ing the infectious principles of this dis
ease and. when found, such an agent
NIGH. be successfully used as preven-
tive, and as u curative medicine after the
symptoms have appeared, and as disin-
fectant.
If the most general form of abortion
is really contagious, ms seems to be the
case, then it is caused by living prlnci-
pie, which can oidy be produced by a
pre- existing organism of the same kind
and this inspires the hope that, with in
creased knowledge, We may be able to
destroy every one of such organisms, and
thus rid the world OF the greater part of
the contagious diseases of men and AMI
mails. There have been many important
discoveries in regard to the contagious
maladies within the last few years. and
nearly all strengthen this view. What
We need is more earnest Investigation
more faith in the resources Of nature Il
determination to exhaust every possibility
before folding our hands in discourage
ment One day the greater part of such
diseases will probably be exterminated
and if we of the present generation hope
to aid III this cxtermination, and to share
the benefits of it, we have 70 time to
lose