MAMMITIS IN COWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 8

MAMMITIS IN COWS.

ITS.SPEEAD'IN.THE NORTH ISLAND. jf .. Palmerston North, February 4 with-t.v.thev—oprcai:. of the . .contagious ; -th e." posi-. tion "will'; liavo; to!'*})© ::'Veryseriously ■ considered. :■-An- instance is : given-of 'one. fanner near Palmerston "having .40 out of 90 .cows affected, thus losmg' £400 on his'profit this season, as well as putting: nearly half his herd permanently out of use as milkers. ' Mr. Gilruthv first drew attention to the danger five years ago, and reported strongly upon ' iti 'last-'year, A . 'local . ipqintß out , -tliat sthere., is;, great;; danger v..of; infection .froni ,beasts.ipurcliased:at sale yards. Mr. Reakes, chief , veterinarian;interviewed ~ on; the. subject',' said 'that the spread of contagious', raarnmitis: is ' undoubtedly'a'serious watter,'; and ,_ih; .interests farmers: should take .every-, pr«;aut.ion to prevent the of the disease; into their herds, or,. if they should :be .unlucky enoughi to 'already have affected cows,, to prevent its. spread from hands are common medium-for the conveyanoe of contagion from rcow- to-'cow. -In . anything but mild cases, ■ and.not always in these, no. satisfac\tory curative treatment IB' known. Tho mjection of a 4 per cent, boracio acid solution sometimes' gives/jgoocl results, in mild cases. •Under.-present., condifeons; of 'legislation (if improvement is ,to be .brought .'about, and it b®; principally on the lines: of,prevention"), it vis . particularly ; necessary.-- that affected ■ animals should not be allowed to pass v from-the. possession .' of ' one, farmer, to another.-: --.Captain -iYoung, ' veterinarian for "tliQ -Taranaki- district, was interviewed, and. testified as to the very dangerous hold the' contagion : had in thoTaranaki herds.