THE BAD UDDER.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17982, 29 March 1930, Page 10 (Supplement)

THE BAD UDDER.

DOSING AND FEEDING. PROPER TREATMENT. When a oow, after calving, - has a Badly swollen udder, it may in some way be due partly to some slight digestive disorder. A few doses of Epsom salts, on alternate days for about a week, may be beneficial. It is inadvisable to give a full dose,

but Boz of salts, together with loz bi-carbonate of soda and ioz ground ' ginger in a quart of warm water will be found sufficient. The udder should be bathed with water just warm enough to hold the hand in, and then well but gently ifirbbed with camphorated oil and whisky. It assists Nature if the cow is not fed too generously for some ten or twelve days. For the first week (advises “Turriff” in the “Livestock .Journal,” England), 6he might with ,Advantage 'be reduced to about half rations, but let her have all the water she can drink, taking the chili off if neoessary. Often medicines can be administered through the medium of a soft bran mash. But if the cow refuses to take it, it must be done with care, the bottle not being emptied too fast, so as to cause choking. Take the cow by the nose, raise the mouth just sufficiently high to ensure the liquid being swallowed; insert the neck, of the bottle at one corner of the mouth, and slowly empty it of its contents.