The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-21
SPRING COMPLAINT IN COWS.
Some Timely Suggcsiions-And II >ucc' SIS
full Remedy by II Practical Farmer.

full Remedy by II Practical Farmer.
To The EDITOR OF The TRIBUNE:
Sir: Herbert Holloway. state veteri-
nary surgeon, in his report for 500,
says: "In the early spring my attention
was called to an outbreak Of disease
among milch COWS in Jefferson county.
| found the animals, a band Of mitch
cows, had been stall fed for a consider
able period, their only food being hay.
On the partial disappearance of the
snow they were allowed to run out dur
ing the day, and, of course, consumed
with avidity the old grasses left from the
previous year. A form of indigestion
was the result, and several deaths oc-
Cured. l carefully examined several
sick animals and made one autopsy,
which was sufficient to clearly establish
the nature Of the disease and it's non
contagious character. This is a trouble
that frequently occurs in the spring. X n
The SYMPTOMS observed in the cases are:
At first the passage of small quantities
of hard glazed fUces. succeeded by OBJ
stinate C %nstipation. The patient stands
presistently and can scarcely be moved.
Its pulse is hard and frequent. Ii is
dull and evidently suffers ~acutely from
abdominal pain. There is a grunt indi-
cative of this, which has caused the dis
ease to be mistaken for pleuropneumonia.
General signs of disorder are present,
later, the brain generally becomes af-
fected, and the symptoms are consider.
ably modified, there being muscular
tremors over the surface of the body,
staring condition of the eyes, which are
insensible to light. staggering gait, ter
minating is paralysis, or wild rushing
about, protrusion of the tongue, which
becomes much swollen. The urine toe
is sometimes mingled with blood. X i y
The disorder may last for a few days OF
} for two or three weeks.
AS soon as the disease is diagnosed in
i, an adult animal a pound Of sulphate OF
magnesia Epson salts) should be dis
solved in three or four times the guam
tity of water and given at once, and
few hours afterward a pint of linseed ol
with an equal quantity of molasses vii
u be of benefit; and if after twelve hour
no relief Is obtained the dose should b,
repeated. Arenas should be admin
istered and the animal carefully nurseu
Il If it shows a disposition to eat bral
ma hes should be given and all the Wa
IS ter it will drink" u 4 y
The writer has just had a case of thu
, kind. One of his COW was sudden
taken sick. with the above symptom
accompanying, with excessive b!oatinl
" which was very puzzling since there wa
!, not enough green grass to cause bloa'
or, in fact, any Of the symptoms, and a
the disease was new to me be an t
Il look up "a description Of the disease an
the remedy and found it in the stoc
~ commissioners report of 1890.
The milk dried up and the COW woul
!, neither eat nor drink until she had bee
~ treated ae advised above. The remcd
WIS effective and the cure complete
=, twcnty-four hours.
| conclude that the best mixers, beir
- hearty feeders, are most liable to tn
40 disease, and fearing that Others ma
n, have the same trouble | give an accoul
" Of the disease and the remedy to yol
p" paper for publication. w. MUzzY.
al Great Falls, April Is.