VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2914, 19 January 1910, Page 55

VETERINARY QUERIES.

[Answered by a duly qualified Veterinary Surgeon. Queries must be received by IvlOlv IvATil night to ensure reply iu the succeeding issue.] Iwa, Drummond. —The certificate of a duly qualified veterinary surgeon would not be accepted by the Victorian authorities iu tho case of a stallion. The certificate must be signed by the Government veterinarian official. Mi Kerrigan is the examining officer for the South Island. It yen communicate with the Stock Depar..ment a form will be supplied to make application for Mr Kerrigan's services. Novice. Waimate. —Impervious teats arc sometimes caused by not drying the c, l »v properly, when the milk may curdle and leave the duct of the teat blocked up; with a gradual thickening of the memDr.a.ne, which may end in a hardened or a blind teat. 'When first observed insert a teat syphon lor two or three days until the passage is clear, afterwards milk gently. A Farmer, Hindon. —(1) Probably tie bes., way to treat youi horse would be to turn him into a sheltered paddock, where there is plenty of grass, and leave him cut for two or three months. (2), Yes; certainly. You could not expect a qualified veterinary surgeon not to charge for a visit to a sick animal, alter having’ spent four or live years of the best of his lifetime to acquire this most useful but difficult science.