Beaver County News | 1927-08-26 | Page 10 | Garget Caused by Gern in the Udder of Animal

Garget Caused by Gem in the Udder of Animal Garget, an affection of the mammary mam-mary glands of the cow, and of some other animals, Is caused by a germ that gets Into the udder through the teat duct. It was formerly thought that there were two forms of this trouble, one being caused by mechanical mechan-ical Injury, but investigators are now Inclined to believe that every case Is caused by bacteria. It Is thought that with a heavy-producing cow or one that has just freshened the milk accumulates ac-cumulates In the udder and forms a good medium for bacteria to multiply should they get Into the udder. They set up an inflammation and the result Is called garget. These harmful bacteria bac-teria are not always present, but when they do gain entrance to the udder ud-der there Is trouble. If conditions are favorable for their development '