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Show D4BRY"1 I BEST TREATMENT I FOR MILK FEVER j The average dairyman Is not great-I great-I ly troubled with nil Ik fever In his ! herd for this disease affects only high-! high-! producing cows. Those who own high j producers, however, should watch ; thorn closely during the first 4S-hour period after calving, as that Is the time the disease appears, if at all. The symptoms of milk fever are restlessness of the cow, stamping of the feet and general nervousness. Then follows paralysis in the hind i legs and staggering. In severe attacks the cows invariably lie down with their heads thrown hack and the muzzles muz-zles pointing tow a rd the flanks. Un-! Un-! less relief Is given, milk fever cases ! often result In death within 24 or hours. Kvery dairyman who has heavy milkers should be provided with a "milk fever outfit,' consist ing of an i air pump and a test tube, put together j la such a way as to make it possible j to inflate the udder with pure, steril-i steril-i b:ed air. Any drugUst who floes not j carry these outfits in stuck can secure one on short order. However, there ; is little use in sending fur the outfit ' after a cow is down with the fever, j as she is apt to be dead before it can . be delivered. lUiy an outfit now if you have reason to believe that one or j more of your cows may become atToct- ed with milk fever this year. Pumping Pump-ing the udder of a cow affected with milk fever full of air and leaving the air In the udder for 12 to 24 hours is practically a sure cure. At any rate there is no better treatment for this disease. If you are caught without a milk fever outfit, get In touch with your local veterinarian at once, as he undoubtedly is prepared to give immediate im-mediate relief. |