Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-06-23
REMEDY FOR BLOAT" IN
CATVTJ T.

II have lost some cattle from bloat
caused by eating white clover. Can
you give me preventive or a RENE
dy? ! will appreciate reply very
much" This is, in substance, u nice,
well-written letter from subscriber az
| H." up i'll Kentucky, and both preven-
tive and remedy were sent him in
personal letter by return mail. Both
remedy and preventive are published
here, as "bloat" is of common COM
plant almost in every locality at this
season Of the year.
| ..Reply-lt has always been my rule
! on my own farm, to feed all pastur-
| ing stock IL forkful of nice. bright hay
every morning before turning on
green grass or clover This seems to
work all right, for l never had n case
OF bloat among my own stock in my
| life.
In urgent cases of "bloat" the ac-
cumulated gas must be allowed to es-
cape without delay, and this is best
accomplished by the use of the trocar
which can be found at any first
class drug store with directions for
the uses of the instrument on the box
containing it. Every farmer and stock
man should have trocar.
In selecting the point for using the
trocar, spot on the left side equally
distant from the last rib, the hip
bone and the transverse processes Of
the lumbar vertebrae must be chosen.
Here an incision about three-fourths
of an inch long sould be made through
the skin, and then the sharp point of
the trocar, being directed downward,
inward, and slightly forward, is
thrust into the paunch. The sheath of
of the trocar should be left in the
paunch SO long as any gas continues
to issue forth. If the Sheath of the
trocar-or cannula-is removed while
gas is still forming in the paunch,
and the left flank becomes consider
ably swollen. it may be necessary to
insert it again. 1t is occasionally nee
essary to keep the cannula in the
stomach for several hours.
When this is necessary, piece of
stout cord should be passed around the
neck of the cannula Immediately be-
low the projecting rim, and then be
passed around the animals body and
tied in Il secure knot, and careful
attendant must remain with the ami
NAL during the entire period that the
instrument is in place. The rim sur
rounding the mouth of the cannula
should be in contact with the skin.
whenever the person in charge of
he animal is satisfied that gas has
ceased to issue from the cannula, the
instrument should be removed.
The cannula is to be employed only
IN extreme or urgent cases, though
every one who has had experience i'm
treating indigestion In cattle will real
lie that he has saved the lives of
many animals by the prompt appli-
ance of the cannula. When the tym-
panitic animal is not distressed and
the swelling of the flank is not great.
or when the most distressing condi-
ton has been removed by the use of
the trocar, 1t IS best to resort to the
administration of internal medicine.
Two ounces of aromatic spirits of am
monia should be given every half hour.
III quart of cold water, or half an
ounce of chlorid of lime may be dis
solved in a pint of tepid water and
the dose repeated each half hour until |
the bloating has subsidized or one ounce
OF creolin III two quarts Of tepid water |
may be given ut one dose OF carefully |
injected through the cannula directly |
INTO the paunch to inhibit fermenta- |
ton and the recurrcnt formation of |
gas. 1t is generally necessary to give
a dose of purgative medicine after
bloatlng has subsidized, as animals very
often show symptoms of constipation |
after attacks of indigestion. For this
purpose one pound Of Glauber's salt |
dissolved in two quarts of tepid water |
as drench by the mouth, may be US
and Farm.