VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3239, 12 April 1916, Page 47

VETERINARY QUERIES.

[Answered by a duly qualified Veterinary Surgeon. Queries must be received by SATURDAY night to ensure reply in the succeeding issue.] C. P. C— Cold Scouring: The scouring may be the result of hasty feeding. Undigested food gets into tho intestines, which it irritates, and consequently relaxes on the least exertion. Bed with sawdust or tan, and feed with long hay, so as to ensure thorough mastication. If it was from worms, you would see them in Ins droppings. Farmer.—The flow of milk from a cow's feat may be hindered by a variety of causes; but whatever the nature of the obstruction may be, and whether partial or complete, there is' a consequent liability to inflammation of the udder, especially about the time of calving. The obstruction may bo clue to the presence of stricture, or to membraneous growths. Sometimes these stop the flow of milk entirely, and in others a small stream can only be got by much effort. It is very unsafe to attempt extraction of milk stones or tumours from the end of the teat, as the irritation may result in inflammation of the quarter. It is preferable in such cases to pass a bluntsilver probe or knitting needle up through the teat, and try to push the obstructing body into the milk cistern above, where it may remain without further inconvenience. In the case of stricture or membraneous growths, a double edged probe may be passed up through the teat and an elastic rubber bougie inserted, allowing an inch of its length to protrude outside the teat to facilitate its removal at milking time.