VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3316, 3 October 1917, Page 39

VETERINARY QUERIES.

[Answered by a duly qualified Veterinary Bargeon Queries must be reoelved by SATURDAY ni*a' to ensure reply In (he succeeding issue.]

K. K. writes:—"l have a Holstein heifer, two audi a-half years of age, calved three weeks. Calving and cleaning was quite satisfactory; well-shaped vessel and good large teats. It hae been almost impossible to milk her since calving, she is so tough, although there is no sign of any inflammation or curd, and the udder and teats are exceptionally soft and pliable. At the end of milking tho milk is slightly tinged with blood. Continuous visits of her calf failed to make her any easier; likewise, massaging her with auimol. Is there any cure?" These cases should rightly be viewed with suspicion. The heifer may oertainly be a hard milker, and the agitation of the udder has caused a rupture of one or more of the small blood vessels in the udder. Would suggest endeavouring to milk her with a teat syphon for ;> time, boiling-same after oach milking. She may become easier to milk. Failing success, or, in any case, it would be only wise to s*nd a little milk—a sample—to the Veterinarian Laboratory, Wallaoetown, Wellington, as heifers not infrequently—particularly

purebreds—come in a« you describe, and it may be in the early stages of contagious mammitis.