Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-21
REMEDIES FOR CHOKEO CATTLE
Fred o. Sibley, IN Epitomist gives
his views on cattle choking and RENEE
dies TO be used.

Fred 0. sibley, In Epitomist, gives
his views on cattle choking and RENEE
dies TO be used.
Choking in cattle is usually due TO
their swallowing a potato, apple, piece
of turnip, carrot, or Corncob, and hay
ing 1t lodge in the gullet. II Is best
guarded against by feeding such eat
Lhles TO them in stanchions, but even
then / have known Il to occur. II
carses the animal, Of course, great dis
tress, and II the obstruction is in the
upper part of the gullet 1t soon dies
from sufuCntion. but II IN the middle
or lower portion IL may live for sever
al days One has cause therefore, to be
alarmed when ne finds in his herd a
choked animal II it breathes with it's
mouth shut and only coughs a little,
however he should stand around and
wait a while, rather than adopting eX-
treme measures or beginning surgi-
cal operation, for often the animal will
then get over II Of its own accord. The
signs which call for immediate and he
rolc treatment are when saliva runs
from its mouth It's eyes bulge out
back is arched and bloating takes
place.
Various methods are recommended, a
practical one Of which is making the
animal run down hill as the violent eX-
ertIons thereby produced may cause
the obstruction 10 come up and fly out
of It's mouth. Leaping the COW over a
low fence Is likewise claimed to be
good Better yet is Il TO put a square
ended stick firmly against the obstruc-
no ia Ia Of bn ~ ct
against the other side with a mallet to
smash It, pretty hard blow is neCes-
sary to achieve much, and instead Of
crushing the apple, potato, or whatever
II may be. little more can be done than
drive It along, but which viii give re-
lief iuSt the same. on the other hand,
II the obstruction is very far down, II
can sometimes he made to return 10
the mouth by gripping the gullet below
10 and squeezing and pushing upward.
II viii surely come forth II one can
only apply sufficient pressure
once In "a while cows VIII appear
choked. however. when nothing can he
felt IN their throats, the trouble then
is evidently within their bodies and,
though 10 Is always advisable % watch
them. they viii generally be all right
I'm Nl NhNI OF NNN MlllNhl lfitlNIlE
any treatment. These simple means
are usually as efFlcacious as resortlng
TO n probang or cutting down the gull
a. with a knife. making an inc'slon and
thus removing the offending object,
which are ~ for no one to do, IN fact,
but n veterinary surgeon.
The ordinary farmer goes FAR enough
| think. lf he puts a twitch on the ami
NAL, opens rs mouth inserts a balling
iron or an iron saddle stirrup. which
win suffice very well II nothing else Is
az hand and passes his hand through Il
and down into the throat In this way
he may be able 10 feel below the larynx
OF Adams apple, which IS located
where the neck ioins the head and
remove the offending obstacle; or he
may mbrlcatc the gullet with q little
oil and thon hy pressing mp on the
outside OF the throat cause the OBJ
struction % be coughed ont. or bv
pressing down swallowed n no relief
can De afforded by the former end the
animal Is I'm extreme agony, be- should
summon q veterinary.