UDDER TROUBLES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 828, 23 November 1929, Page 29

UDDER TROUBLES

OFTEN DUE TO DIGESTION When a cow. after calving, lias a badly swollen udder, it may in some way he due partly to some slight digestive disorder. A few closes of Epsom salts, on alternate clays Cor :ibout a week, may be beneiieial. It is inadvisable to give a full dose, but soz salts, together with loz bicarbonate of soda and Joz ground ginger in a quart of warm water. The udder should be bathed with water just warm enough to hold the hand in. and then well but gently '•ubbecl with camphorated oil and

j whisky. It assists Nature it’ the < «>w is not fed too generously for some ’ Id or 12 days. For the first week I she might with advantage be reduced i t<» about half rations, but let her have j all the water she can drink, taking the chill off if- necessary. Often medicines can be administered through the medium of a soft bran mash. . But if the cow refuses to take it, it must be given from a bottle. This must be done with care, the bottle not being emptied too fast, so as to cause choking. Take the | cow by the nose, raise the mouth just sufficiently high to ensure the liquid ' being swallowed; insert the neck of • tiie bottle at one corner of the mouth, i and slowly empty it of its contents. i