Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-01-14

MISSISSIPPI LIVE STOCK
Some Diseases Peculiar to Farm AMI
mails and How to Treat Them

the animals. in comfortable box stall,
with good bedding and induce them to
lie down. In mild cases. the animal
may be Stood in a stream of cold run
ming water for two or three hours AT
time, if the weather permits.
HOvEN IN CATTLE-The treat
ment for hoven or wind collie in cattle
should be preventive. Feed, salt, and
water the cattle before turning them
into green pea or clover field. Al
low them to remain on such pasture
| not longer than twenty to thirty min
utes the first day and thus gradually
| become accustomed to the new diet.
| If the cow is only sighted bloated
pull the tongue from side to side and
| cause her to belch the gas. Tieing
rope in the mouth, bride fashion.
causes chewing which may be followed
| by belching of gas. BY use OF
| mouth gag a three-quarter inch rub
ber hose may be passed to the stom.
| ach and the gas thus allowed to es-
cape. We have had good success with
| a drench composed of handful OF
soda shaken up II quart of lard oil.
| If the swelling interferes seriously
with breathing we should make an
| opening directly into the first stom-
ach of the COW and allow the gas to
| escape. The place selected for the
| opening should be in the left flank at
a point equally distant from the last
rib, hip bone and backbone. II no tro-
car and canular are at hand use the
small blade of a sharp knife for max
| ing the opening.
| MILK-FEVER-This is a disease Pc
culiar to the COW, occurring at or
about the time of calving. 1t is seen
only in well-fed, deep mixers, and
usually not before the second or third
| calf. 1t seems to be caused by q
poison formed in the udder that is
| absorbed into the blood and produces
the disease. The first symptoms are
| nervousness and more or less excite
ment. These are followed by partial
then complete paralysis. The COW lies
upon the ground with head bent
around to her flank or extended
straight out. The eyeball is not NOV
| ed when toucned by the finger. The
preventive treatment is to give scanty
diet fe wdays before and after calv'
ing. Do not allow her to run on rich
pasture during these few days.
The curative treatment is to inject
| into the udder two or three drains
of iodide of potash dissolved in quart
of boiled water The solution should
be about body temperature. Remove
all milk from the udder and syphon
one fourth of this solution into each
quarter by means of a. niilk-tube, rub
Der and funnel, or inject by means
of a small syringe. First wash the
udder and teats especially the orifices)
| with warm water and some antiseptic.
Rub the udder well so as to cause abb
sorption of the potash and then milk
out in about an hour. This treatment,
if used in time, will save about twenty
five per cent of the cases. Under no
circumstances try to drench the cow
in this disease.
| TEXAS FEVER-Tick fever, Texas
fever, and bloody-murrain are terms
applied to an infectious blood disease
of cattle, and is caused by a micro.
parasite. This germ is carried around
by the common COW tick and in the
blood of the cattle that have had the
disease and are immune from it. So
far as is known the disease is trans
mitted il nature only by means of the
cow-tick. 1t is usually mild in young
| calves. detected in them only by use
of the thermometer and by microscop-
ic examination of their blood. Should
the calf become one or two years Old
before he comes in contact with the
tick and then becomes grossly infect
ed by them he will be very apt to
die of tick fever. The treatment is
to see that the ticks get on your young
calves. and if the calf has become
six months old or more without com
ing in contact with ticks, first vaccin'
ate him. This vaccination and fuller
discussion of this disease can be found
IN Bulletin Nc. 73 of the Mississippi
Experiment Station, which will be fur
upon application t othe Director OF
Mississippi Experiment Station, Agrl
cultural College, Miss.
BLACKLEG-This is an infectious
disease peculiar to fat cattle, usually
between the ages of six months and
three years old. 1t Is characterized
nv sudden lameness and swelling OF
the fore or hind quarters. The ANNA
gets down, may be unable to rise, ano
as a rule dies in from twelve tc
thirty-six hours after first noticed te
be sick Upon removing the hide the
swelling is seen to be black, contall Is
cIotted blood, and appears as II all
had been blown into it. The treat
ment is to burn or deeply bury the
carcass of every animal that dies OF
the disease, and vaccinate the healthy
cattle you have that are subject to 1t
Three days after they have been vac
cinated they may be considered i'm
mune for that season from the dis
ease.
A bill is being drafted looking to
wards the protection of the live stoci
interest n the State, and it is hoped by
all that the present legislature VII
pass same Mississippi must have pro
lection. il her live stock business II
to thrive and prosper.