Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28
Veterinary Matters.

A cough in any animal indicates dis
ease OF the lungs; alth ough it may be
produced by Indigestion. In the latter
case it is accompanied by roughness
OF the hide and an i'll condition, with
duIlness Of the eyes. In all lung dis
orders the eyes are bright and CLASSY,
the mlzzle hot, the nose discharges,
and the breathing is short and hurried
and sometimes painful for the motion
OF the inhamed or sore lungs. The re-
quired treatment varies SO much that
only the advise and counsel of q vet
Urinary surgeon can be Ofany value.
Careless feeding is the frequent cause
OF inherited disease. One OF the COM
monest complaints in dairy cattle is
scrofulous in it's character and is Ger
tainly hereditary. A bull diseased in
this way will produce diseased calves,
and COW will do the same. [ know
case OF Jersey herd in which every
calf OF bull, which was killed on ac-
count OF this disease, developed the
same fatal disorder, sooner Or later.
The preventive is apparent; not one
case in hundred is curable.-Argus
ide.
Bad feet ore inherited, and no mare
having them should be used for breed
ing. Bad shoeing may cause fever in
the feet, and this will produce dry and
brittle hoofs. The treatment is to
keep the boots moist, to wash them
night and morning. and dress them
with glycerine and water mixed in
equal parts after washing and without
drying them. Thegreatest care should
be exercised in shoeing and in driving
the nails, and the hoof should never be
rasped Or burned with a hot iron.
Parasitic worms in the intestines
are best treated with small repeated
doses of turpentine mixed with six
times it's bulk of linseed oil. The tur-
pentine may be given in doses OF one
teaspoonful to a lamb, four times as
much to calf and one ounce to afull-
grown animal. Turpentine is also ef-
fective as g. remedy for worms in the
lungs or throat which cause the dry,
husky cough in calves and lambs, COM
monty called husk or hOOse, and, in
deed, it is useful in all cases Of intesti-
nal parasites, including tapeworms.
Warts are a. disease OF the skin con-
sisting OF a growth of cell tissue, which
is provided with blood vessels and
nerves. It partakes something Of the
character of a cancer, excepting that
the tissues are not consumed and dis
organized, but accumulate and form a
tumor. The only cure is to remove
the wart by cutting it out or by de-
stroying the tissues by means OF eatts-
tics, or by tight ligature which stops
the circulation and causes the death OF
the tissue. An effective caustic is nit
ric acid, either in it's ordinary form OF
O. LIQUID or in combination as nitrate
of silver, or lunar. caustic in solution
in water. .,"-5,5
Retention of afterbirth is due to q
strong adherence OF the points ofunion
called "cotyledons," which attach the
fetal membranes to the uterus and
support them in it. When these DO
not give way as they should DO, rom
whatever cause, the best way ls 70
wait no longer IMAM tnree !lou ls', yii t
oil the hand and arm and insert them
with the fingers closet together, the nails
being pared close and gently loosen the
attachments, when the weight OF the
already extruded part will bring away
the rest. Sometimes an infusion OF
two ounces Of savin leaves with one
ounce of carbonate ofpotash will have a v
the desired effect. II. ~ III
When COW chews her food and !.
then drops it, and ct the - same " time r''
has difficulty IN drinking, it indicates
cerebro spinal lneningi it's or disease
Of the covering mem ranes ct The base
OF the brain and the ID joining spinal
. cord. This may be cAlised by bad con-
( dition Of the blood from, several calis-
g COR food. bad slods ms damp IN q,