Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-12

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bulletin in regard to azoturia. disease
of horses:
Causes; Heavy feeding, especially on rich
foods. Lack Of exercise or heavy feeding
while standing for day or two.
symptoms: When taken from the stable
I lively but soon shows signs of distress, lags
ia the harness. sweats freely, may show
lameness in one or more limbs: usually the
/ hind ones are affected. The lameness in
creases until the animal is unable 10 stand
or move. and il eventually goes down.
When down 1t struggles violently. The
/ muscles over the rump tcroupl and loins are
/ often greatly swollen and hard. The Urine
/ is thick ana coffee c0lored.
/ Treatment. Varies according to the case
/ and 20 the severity OF the symptoms. The
I animal should be placed in Il warm, dry,
wei-bedded sail and hot applications be
/ made to the i0ns. A blanket wIung out in
/ hot water. or hot salt or hot bran in q bag
may he applied or even some stimulating
/ liniment. Encourage sweating by giving
I plenty of water 10 drink and banketing
I Keep the bowels moving; injections VIII aid
! for that purpose The. urine should be
( drawn once or twice daily ana the animal
/ should he turned frequently. The stall must
/ be well bedded 10 avoid bruises and bed
/ sores on the patient.
/ Prevention: Which Is far more important
| than treatment Horses must not be kept
/ idle in the stable whether ON light or heavy
| feed. Exercise must be given every day.
/ If animals are to he laid on work, reduce
| the grain feed. Give bran mash contain
| ing Il tablespoonful of salt once a week
! Horses that are good feeders and easy
/ keepers are especially liable TO this disease.
| II exercise cannot be given any otner way,
| turn out In the barnyard or paddock for
| few hours every day. If these precautions
are followed the farm horses will never be
| affected with this dread trouble, which
usually appears AT the busiest season of the
| year.
\ second bulletin is also issued on con
tagious abortion, a disease of pregnant
animals. by reason of which they do not
carry the young to the natural end Of the
pregnancy. or if they do, the young AMI
NAL dies soon after birth. 1t is rarely
fatal to the mother, either COW or eve.
The aftCrbirth is very often retained in
these cases.
Causes: Owing to lis prevalence and con-
tagiousness we can assume it is due to Il
germ. This assumption Is borne out by the
experiments of DIR. Bang of Copenhagen,
who has Isolated Il germ which will cause
the disease in otherwise healthy cattle The
disease may be bro"-It into the herd by
cow or bull
Prevention: Once a COW is infected. little
can be done. as far as is mt present known.
to cure the disease in the animal. hut by
carrying out thorough disRfection the dis
ease may be kept out of the rest of the
herd.
Methods to be followed
/. All aborting cows should be separated
from mona borters
=. The afterbirth and discharges should
be burned or buried If buried should be
covered with fresh limo.
3. The calf bed and passages should ha
flushed out with some good antiseptic, the
following are reliable: (a) Corrosive sub
Innate, | part: alcohol, 10 parts; glyceFine,
10 parts, and water tclean rain, 1000 parts,
or (bl chloride of zinc, / part, and clean
rain water. 1900 parts.
The flushing or washing out of the parts
should be done with an Injection pump
(which may be procured through the local
drug store at cost OF about $50, or Il fun
mel made of tin with pipe / inch in dame
ter and - inches long. at right angles to
the funnel may he used. This funnel can
be procured ut any tinShOp for small sum.
The flushing should be done weekly for
three months
T. The hind parts from the tail to the I'D
der of all the females of the herd should he
washed with one of the above solutions once
Il week.
;. Remove all soiled bedding and burn it.
spray the walls and floors of the constable
with crude carboic acid. tablespoOnsiCi.
and water II pailfuD, " quarts.
q. If the bull has been used on cows that
abort he must not on any account be used
on healthy COWS.
T. AS abortion NAV occur from othr,.
causes not contagious, such as impure wa
ter, unsound food. bad smells, weakness.
over eXertiOn or accidents. 1t will be safer
TO follow out the above precautions than to
neglect them. until the owner is reasonably
sure that he has not the contagious form to
deal with;
s Ewes are sometimes affected with this
disease and similar precautions must be OBJ
served.
o. Cows once affected are difficult to get
with calf. The disease tends to run out in
Il herd in three or four years.
10. The treatment outlined is useless nm
less faithfully performed
\. q. HOPKINS Veterinarian.
Experiment Station. Madison. Wis.