VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2010, 1 September 1892, Page 25

VETERINARY QUERIES.

I Answered by a duly qualified Veterinary Burgeon. Queries must be received by Monday night to ensure reply U the succeeding issue.] Lawrence.— Very probably your dog is suffering from catarrh, and requires a comfortable kennel, mild food, attention to cleanliness, and small doses of cod liver oil now and again, treatment which will likely effect a cure. j g. G.— When the placenta is retained after calving it should not be allowed to remain more than 12 hours ; therefore the best thing to do is to call in a qualified expert— not a wist-acre or a cow-leech, who often through, their mistakes do irreparable mischief. C A. T. asks: — Will the hair grow on a dog after being badly scalded? Is there any ointment to induce growth? If the hair bulbs are destroyed they can never be reproduced. Owner.— Any time during the month of October will do, provided the weather is suitable. Inquirer.— (l) lam not aware of any antidote for poisoning by phosphonsed grain. (2) There is no remedial treatment for horses, cattle, or does suffering from phosphoric poisoning, as the internal organs are destroyed and can never be replaced. (3) Blistering will not have the desired effect, and there might be danger m using it in both cases. J. R. S., Arthurton.— After other remedies have failed iodine ointment frequently applied may effect a cure. T. Z.— Paralysis in the hind limbs may occur from tumours or parasites in the spinal cord, from ' sprains, inflammation or softening of the cord, from the newly-ripened seeds of various grasses, as perennial ryegrass, darnel,, &c, or from disordered digestion or blood poisons. It is necessary to find out which of these agents causes the trouble, treat accordingly, and by its removal the effects will cease. D H L.— The treatment of your cow's udder will depend on what caused the ailment. There are co many things which may, induce this disease, which appears in such a number of different forms, that to be successfully treated the animal requires to be under the superintendence of a qualified expert. In your case the time for treatment is past. The inflammation has been allowed to run its course unchecked, and as a consequence a blind teat wiu be the result.