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Show I I Answers by the Veterinarian' ' Dr. A. S. Alexandor I ViUconiln Colicoo c Aurluituri Paralysis A FINE urc-brcd yearling bull running out on alfalfa and also fed corn chop, oats arul corn and cob meal suddenly got dizzy, Etagg.ied and lost the uso of Its fore lego. Tho muscles wero quite numb and 6howcd no feeling when pricked with a. knife. There wero no symptoms of cither anthrax or blackleg. 1 cannot lmftglno what was the matter, as we found nothing much tho matter mat-ter on examining the Internal organs after death. There was .'.argement of tho liver, kidneys and lungs and some small gravel lu tho bladder and also ln tho ducts of the liver. Tho 'veterinary does not seem to be able to make out Just 'w hat was wrong. Can you throw any light on th case, as It Is a mystery mys-tery to us? H. T., Colorado. Reply Vo tako It as about cerlaln that tho bull suffered an attack of apoplexy which caused a hemorHiage In the brain, and that led to paralysis Such conditions arc comparatively com-paratively common In both man and animals and in this caso we would suspect overfeeding over-feeding and plethora to w tho exciting cause. It should bo added, however, that a like attack at-tack may come from oveT-cxortion or from exposure to cxccssUe heat. Fat animals are most likely to bo attacked. Tho condition of tho Internal organs and the presence of calculi and gall stones Indicate fat condition I and sluggish circulation. An animal In that I condition might well bo attacked by ap- plcxy. Treatment usually proves futile. Instant In-stant bleeding, application of lee- packs to the poll of tho head, a physio and iodide of potash In largo doses would bo Indicated, but usually It Is too late lo accomplish satisfactory satis-factory results, the attack having progressed to an Incurablo degree beforo treatment Is. started. Urticaria Fleaso tell mo what caused our family horse to havo the followipg disease: She is in fine condition and a good eater, weighing weigh-ing 1200 pounds or over and white- In color. Sho la driven several times a week and fed oats, corn and bran. Just before tho attack sho was given somo new alfalfa hay and then turned out on grass. Next day we found her covered with email and largo b-inchcs and some of them were wet with Fwcat or water. Sho was that way for two days and then tho lumps gradually disappeared, disap-peared, but 6inco then she has not seemed so hearty and to havo not used her at all. Is this farcy? "Will it be safe to keep her? , M. H. J., Missouri. Reply- Tho ailment Is not farcy, but urticaria, ur-ticaria, also known as nettlo rash and surfeit. It comes from Indigestion, due to a sudden chango in food. - Tho feeding of alfalfa and frrass to which sho had not been accustomed might vccU induco tho attack. It Is a simple sim-ple and nondangerous disease and tho naarc should bo kept, but kept right. Hy that we mean that sho should bo worked or exercised exer-cised every day and have no sudden changes of food. It is tho rudden change of food that brings on this disease and also attacks at-tacks of other forms of Indigestion. Treatment Treat-ment at time of attack consists in giving a light physic, such as a pint of raw linseed oil or eight ounces of glauber salts; tho latter lat-ter to bo dissolved in a quart of warm water. Tho affected parts of tho slJn may bo bathed several times dally with a lotion composed of half an ounce of granular hyposulphite of oda In a quart of water. Stop feeding o-rn. Work her every day. Give two ounces of glauber salts In tho drinking water onco dally for three or four days and repeat tho following week If found necessary. |