UDDER TROUBLES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1721, 11 April 1913, Page 8

UDDER TROUBLES.

HOW TO PREVENT THEM. _ "Dairymen would save thenisolve3 ail liumenso amount of worry, work, and loss if they instantly isolated a cow when.anything ia seen"to . wrong with . her "flder," says' Dr" A. S. Alexander, of the College jSAlfitjliUOre of tho University • of- Wisconsin: v. 'Infection from germs is present",3,W nearly all cases of niammitis (garget) nt' Tho infection is olten'.carried from tho diseased cow to oflief tofts,by*ll)o*.milker's bunds; or tho infection" spreads -from stall floors anil gutters'-contaminated by milk or pus from 'a caked'udder. 'The contents of a diseased -uddci" rfiould" never bo milked on to tho floor. Tlio affected'cow should bo milked ■lasti or by'ionveoiio who does not milk the other cdws. All-milkers should bo careful to wash their hands frequently and to keep their'finger nails short and clean. ~lk'warq.of the non-sterilised milking tube. It carries.infjjptive,.matter and leads to loss', of ilie quarter' or udder. The milkiug' tube "Is !l"moSt' dangerous instrnment ■unless cleansed by boiling for 20 minutes before use. ... „ ... ~. ■_ '"liasl'ly, remeinber that immediate "intelligent, persistent treatment must bo giteii 't.t diseased udder; that the most good is accomplished in the first 24 hours of treatment, that delayed treatment usually proves futile,'"• and tljat tho cow should, not bp,.stabled or pastured with qtliei; CQivs'.btfor.e bpr udder has become perfectly "sound."'.,. .