River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-10-15
NATURAL PREVENTION.

prior to calving and feed cow upor
dry hay, bran mashes and little
f1ax-seed meal, but no corn, corn
meal, shorts, middlings, oat meal,
gluten meal, malt sprouts or any
similar concentrate. One month
from calving increase the amount of
fax-seed meal mixed in the bran
mashes to insure keeping the bowels
freely open. If there is tendency
to constipation, despite the increased
amount of oilmeal, dissolve two
ounces of EPSON salts in the mash
or drinking water once or twice
daily as required. One week before
calving double the amount of oil
meal daily, and give at calving, if
the cow is costive, one pound of
EPSON salts, one ounce of ground
ginger root and one ounce of salt
peter with cup of molasses in two
quarts of warm water, at one dose,
slowly and carefully from long
necked bottle. During all this time
the cow is to be given ample out
door exercise daily to keep her
blood in full circulation, all the or
gans of the body in proper order
and her muscles full and strong.
This method of preventive treat
ment applies equally to the suscepti-
BILE cow whose calf is expected when
green grass is in its "spring flush.''
She is to be kept in dry yard and
there to have the same food and care
given the cow about to calve prior
to the advent of grass. When calr
comes allow it to suckle for 3 days
or draw off some of the milk fire.
quently by hand; do not milk clean
at first.
MEDICINAL PREVENTION.
Unless the cow has suffered pre-
vious attack of the disease predis-
posing her to a second attack and
necessitating larger doses of medi-
cine, it will be found safe and suff-
Gent in average cases to give her as
a preventive one-half drachm of
iod;de of potash twice daily for three
days, then three times daily during
the week preceding parturition, and
two drachms the moment it is OBJ
served that she is about to calve.
Where the COW is fat she may also
have two drachms Immediately after
parturition. While this plan sue
ceeds it checks milk flow after calv-
ing hence is somewhat Objectionable.
TREATMENT.
Place cow attacked with milk
fever in box stall or ina shady
place in summer time when out of
doors.
Prop her up by means of bags
filled with straw so that she must
lie upon her sternum (breast bone).
Keep her head up in the same man.
ner. She will soon bloat and die if
allowed to lie upon her side. Tap
the paunch with trocar and cannula
if she is bloated when found. Give
no drenches of medicine by the
mouth. Strip away the milk; wash
the udder clean with warm water
and soap, adding zenoleum to make
per cent solution. This done,
place the udder upon clean rubber
sheet to prevent soiling. BY means
of five-foot length of quarterback
rubber hose, in one end of which
has been inserted large milking
tube and the other glass funnel,
infuse very slowly into each teat in
turn half a pint of milk-warm
solution of two drachms of iodide OF
potash in one quart of freshly-boiled
water. Then rub the udder well
once an hour until the liquid has
been absorbed.
Initiation of the udder with pure
oxygen gas gives even better results
than the iodide of potash treatment.
In addition to the above treatment
syringe a gallon of soapy, warm
water into the rectum every four
hours: remove the urine by means
of a catheter at least twice daily:
repeat the infusion of iodide of pot
ash solution if the cow is not up in
side of twenty -four hours. Do not
milk in less than six hours. Give
by the mouth one drachm of fluid
extract of nux vomica in table
spoonful of water every six hours.
Turn the COW partly every four
hours so that the hind leg can be
pulled forward and outwards to re-
tain her on her chest. Let her
drink when she can do SO and feed
a soft mash when she becomes con-