Show milk fever treatment given by nebraska man inflating a cows udder with sterile air from a regular milk fever outfit wh ensigns when signs of milk fever first appear and tying the teats with brond broad tapes tape just tight enough to ta retain the air la Is the most effective treatment known for milk fever says dr L V skidmore nebraska college of agriculture lincoln never drench the cow with any liquid or allow the tapes to remain on the teats more mor ethan than 20 minutes Is a precaution to those administering treatment the drench ma go into the cows lungs and the tapes may cause the teats to slough off the theory that some dairymen have tried adding a little molasses to the cows cow s ration four to six weeks before calving has been found to be effective in some cases in preventing milk fever the characteristic position of the cow affected with milk fever la Is lying down with her feet extended forward under her body and her head turned backward toward her flank there la Is generally a crook in the animals neck resembling the letter S later the cow will become unconscious and stretch out full length on her side I 1 she la Is not properly treated |