Public health in European capitals : Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Christiania, Stockholm, and Copenhagen / by Thomas Morison Legge.

Date:
1896
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    consistency, whether there are any signs of inflammation or induration about it, and whether nodules exist in its sub- stance. The glands in its neighbourhood are also felt. Attention is then directed to the skin, which should in a healthy animal be soft and freely movable. The glands, especially those in the axilla and inguinal region, are care- fully felt, as they often give valuable information as to the existence of tubercle. The submaxillary glands, the super- ficial glands of the neck, and those at the angle of the jaw are examined, but their enlargement is an accompaniment of so many morbid processes that not so much reliance can be placed on their condition as a means of detecting tubercle. Last year, among the 5,000 or 6,ooo cows supplying milk to the company, 122 were found to be tuberculous, but only in two of these was the udder affected. If the veteri- nary surgeon detects a tuberculous cow it must be at once separated from the others and got rid of as soon as possible. Or, again, if he thinks that the health of a cow is so bad that the milk may be prejudicially affected thereby, he may order the withdrawal of the milk for a certain time. The farmer is bound to report any case of illness occurring between the veterinary surgeon’s visits, and to withhold the milk until he arrives. Infectious disease occurring amongst the employes must at once be reported to the company, and the milk kept back. Other conditions which are set down in the agreement between the farmer and the company have reference to the storage of milk and the feeding of the animals. The greatest cleanliness must be observed in the milking, and, as has been stated, the milk must at once be cooled to 410 F. by ice, having been first strained through a sieve covered by a clean woollen cloth. The food in winter consists chiefly of rape-seed oilcake, hay and straw; anything likely to give the milk an unpleasant taste, such as turnips, etc., is absolutely forbidden. It might very