The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-29
XVII.-Cow Diseases.
First Article.
By LAURA ROSE,
Demonsnator and Lecturer In Dairyins
at the Ontario Agricultural COL
lege, Guelph, Canada.

TALES are a terrible torment at
times and have 49,! Ii to do
with the lessening of the milk
flow. The cows are so worried
and kept SO busy fighting the flies
that they lose much Of the time they
should be feeding, and it is their semi
starved condition that largely causes
the shrinkaee in flesh and milk.
Something should be done to rid ti,e
cows of this fly pest.
The following mixture has been
found us effective and less expensive
than many of the fly remedies Oh the
market:
One gallon of fish or seal oil or old
grease of any kind, one pint of coal oil
(kerosene) and two ounces -four table
spoonfuls) Of crude carbolic acid
Mix we'll together and apply with Il
cloth or spray to all parts except the
udder. Always put it on after milking
to avoid the strong odor getting into
the milk. In dry weather one applica-
ton week is usually sufficient. If
the cows are out in heavy rain it will
be necessary to 60 over them again.
Another fly remedy is ten parts of
lard or other grease to one part of pine
tar. Mix well and apply with brush
or cloth once or twice a week to the
parts most attacked. This is splendid
as relief from the horn fly.
If the flies make the COWS restless
during milking so that they will not
stand, q cotton blanket thrown over
them at that time is great help.
Keep the Stable Dark.
1t is a good plan to darken the sta
BILE during the day and to have the
windows screened.
To prevent the flies that are on the
cows from going into the stable with
them arrange some evergreen bows.
brush, brooms or sacking at the en-
trance AS the COWS pass through this
many flies are brushed off and remain
outside
The housefly has always been trou-
blesome nuisance, but now it is looked
upon as very potent agent in spread
ing such dangerous diseases as typhoid
fever, cholera infantum, summer com
plant, etc.
If a COW shows symptoms of being
| Iii do not delay doing something for
her. Begin at once to check the trou-
BILE.
Every dairy stable should have in ii
medicine chest or shelf provided with
| such drugs as are commonly used in
| cases of sickness among the animals
| A short list is given below. Each bot
tie or package should be distinctly Ii
beled and the supply renewed as soon
as exhausted: Spirits of turpentine,
raw linseed oil, sulphur, saltpeter. car
bolic acid, nux vomica. epson salts
ground ginger, vaseline. camphorated
oil, laudanum, boracic acid.
There should be on hand a common
bicycle pump. a few feet Of rubber
hose and a milk siphon or tube to in
sert in the teat Immerse the tube in
boiling water to disinfect it and oil he
fore gently inserting it into the teat
opening.
!
First, take the temperature of the
animal by placing a self registering
veterinary fever thermometer in the
rectum, allowing it to remain there
from three to five minutes. The nor
NAL temperature of COW is from 0S
to 100 degrees f., but in some COWS
may be higher. 1t is usually so in
young animals.
Second. take the pulse, which can be
found at the angle of the lower jaw
bone The normal beat of a cows
pulse is from fifty to sixty per minute
Third. count the respirations of tho
animal or number of times it breathrS
by watching the sides of the flanks OF
by pressing your ear to her side. The
normal respiration of a COW is from
fifteen to twenty per minute
If the temperature. pulse or reSpira
ton is found to vary much from the
normal. you will know the animal Is
ailing Dull. glazy eyes; cold ears: dry
hot nose: harsh. rumpled coat: lack of
appetite, rumination ceased and sud
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dications that something is wrong with
the COW.
Milk from sick cows is unwholesome
and in some cases positively danger
Gus.
Sick animals should be removed from
the herd. and especially ii there he
any suspicion of a contagious disease.
Parturient ApopIexy-commonly Call
ed Milk Fever.
Cause.-Milking the COW out too
thoroughly after calving. Better not
to draw any milk the first twenty-four
hours. but just leave the calf with the
COW. II for any reason 1t is not desir-
able to leave the calf with her draw
only little milk at frequent intervals
the first three days if trouble be fear