VETERINARY QUERIES.
[Answered by a dnly qualified Veterinary SurCeon. Queries inn it be rec«ired by MOXDAY night to c usurp reply iv the succeeding issue.] Inquiree says he has a young ccw witn first ca.lf \\hO€.D back teat has gone wrong No miik comes fiom it. only thick, stringy stuff and matter. Is *he milk from the other teats fit fcr use, and can you tell me what is the matter with her? Ihe teat may be affected by inflammation of the quarter of the udder of which the t&at is the natural outlet. If so, then tuo milk secreted by the other three quarters will likely be more or less affected. Allow the m:lk to stand overnight in a basin by it9elf. Next morning pour it off gencly. If there is no sediment, slightly tinged, remaining in the bottom- ©f the vessel, it would be unsafe to use the milk for Uousehold purposes. J. M. writes: — I h«v« a mare tba£ is troubled with worms of a type that I am unacquainted w'th They are dark in colour, the body being about 3in long. w*ith a tail about the sain 2 Length What is the hest treatment? Probably the parasites are threadworms. After feeding her on brar. mashes or grass for a day administ3r aloes. 6dr : spirits of turpentine, 2oz ; eggs, 6os. Heat into an emulsion and give atter f&-st-ing. "Miner. Naseby, writes: — I have a small hack which was cut by barbeH wire. The inju:y is a.l hep led up, and the .nimal has been ridden sinoz the accident, but now is very stiff, and shows unmistakable signs of. curb development. What would you advise me to do? You might try a mild blister. Inquirer. Milton, asks for a cure for red worms. Try the following dranch for a week: — Powdered aloes Bdr, linseed meal Bdr. water one piut Follow this up by six powders, each containing santonin 3Ogr, sulphate of iron 2dr. Give ons powder each morning for six mornings. On the seventh morning give a drench containing turpentine loz, linseed oil one pint. This should be followed up with tonic medicines, or, after a few weeks. you might repeat the medicinal treatment applied first, and then a rest. However, you need scarcly expect a permanent cure as these parasites are blood-=uckers. and burrow into the intestinal tissue That is one resson why medicinal treatment cannot eradicate "these pests Horses may l>a in fair condition, and suddenly become very ill and die Po=t mortem examinations leveal the tissue completely ridded and ultimately ruptured with these worms, and hundreds o: them floating in the abdomina' cavity. Another danger is that, they infect the pastures and watering pools from being passetl out in the excrement alu-e on to the grase. The germs may live a considerable time either on the grass- or in Ihe waler.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 49
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476VETERINARY QUERIES. Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 49
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