Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-10-15

BY Harry S Wright, Formerly Idaho
University.

This disease is also known as par
turient paresis. This is a disease
characterized by a disturbance of
the central nervous system which
shows itself in spasms and sleep.
Similar diseases also occur in other
domestic animals. They all have a
very rapid course. usually with a
high mortality unless prevented by
treatment.
The true cause of this disease is
not known. 1t has been thought to
be due to the absorption of toxin
cheat will kill toxin) but cannot be
used on animals. Toxin can be kill
ed by temperature of 60 degrees
1t is also thought to be due to the alb
sorption of toxin from the uterus. 1t
is also thought to be due to anemia
or bloodless condition of the brain,
while others have found it to be con-
gestion of the brain. 1t is disease
which occurs only in we'll nourished
animals. never found in the poor and
rarely in excessively fat. 1t may oc-
cur during, before or after birth, us
ually after birth. 1t rarely occurs
before that is it occurs usually one
week before or one week after birth
Rarely found in beef breeds. Usually
occurs in cattle between five and ten
years. 1t always follows an appar-
emily easy birth. It is rarely seen
in "a COW having trouble in calving
We also usually have a prompt ex-
pulsion of afterbirth or fetal mem
branes.
The first visible symptoms are
great unrest and anxiety, a wild look
or staring of eyes. We have
twitching of muscles of shoulders and
TANKS The animal is usually weak.
especially of hind quarters, and
moves with an unsteady gait She
shows considerable uneasiness by
rising and lying down. At first she
lies Oh her breast bone and later on
left side At this time a sleepy con-
dition sets in and the animal will US
ually have her head lying on her
right flank. There is usually moon
lintary drizzling saliva from the
mouth. The temperature is usually
normal or sub-normal or below nor
NAL Usually paralysis OF digestive
tract, difficulty in swallowing, due TO
paralysis of aesophagus. In former
times, many fine animals were killed
by being drenched for this trouble.
Instead of the drench being swal-
lowed. II passes into the lungs and
either causes strangling or fatal
pneumonia. The rumen is paralyzed
and as result filled with gas. For
this reason it is usually best to make
the animal lie on her right side. The
secretion from the kidneys is very
scanty, the animal never urinating
when sick. There is no secretion of
milk, even the small amount of milk
which is present in the udder has a
tendency to be absorbed. Death In
'HoS' vases IL uue 10 urOpSy or lungs
or filling of lungs with serum.
The treatment for this disease has
been rather successful. II consists
OF injecting the udder with sterilized
air The best apparatus for this is
small force pump, piece of rubber
hose and milk tube. The tube
should be rather short, Just long
enough to pass into sinus. just above
the teat. The pump is better than
the ordinary bulb because sufficient
pressure cannot be obtained by use
OF bulb. In order to avoid escape of
air from udder, sticking plaster
should be applied The udder holds
air fairly well without bandagine II
the first distention of udder does not
produce results repeat in half to TWO
hours, in bad cases every half hour.
We should use every precaution pos
sible to prevent infection from the
glands. 1t is best to boil milk tube
before using or put into alcohol at
least five minutes before using
Do not inject disinfectant into I'D
der, also be very careful that you do
not produce injuries. There is not
much danger from using air. Passing