A compendium of cattle medicine; or, practical observations on the diseases of cattle and other domestic animals, except the horse. [Instructions to dairymen, for the management of milch cows / By Messrs Chabert & Huzard. Translated ... with occasional remarks by J. White].

  • White, James, -1825
Date:
1842
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Credit: A compendium of cattle medicine; or, practical observations on the diseases of cattle and other domestic animals, except the horse. [Instructions to dairymen, for the management of milch cows / By Messrs Chabert & Huzard. Translated ... with occasional remarks by J. White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that neither of the opinions is correct, but still it is the most prudent plan to take it away from them. The fe¬ males of all animals, whether wild or domesticated, whether herbivorous or carnivorous, generally eat the afterbirth, and we have observed that cows that are not allowed to eat it, do not appear to suffer any inconvenience from the want of it.* After calving, cows must not be brought suddenly to their ordinary mode of feeding, but gradually. When this precaution is neglected there is danger of indigestion and flatulent colic, in a degree proportionate to the weakness of the animal. It should be laid down as a general rule to give cows that have lately cal'ved only a small quantity of food at a time, but to choose the most nourishing, and that which is most easy of digestion. Cooked or boiled food in such cases is always the best. It sometimes happens towards the latter end of gestation, or immediately after calving, that the vagina comes out, and sometimes the womb follows it: this is generally caused by employing improper force in extracting the calf, or the afterbirth. It is necessary in this case to call in a person who has been accustomed to put back the parts ; as it is an operation not easily performed by an inexperienced person. When the vagina only comes out, it will generally be sufficient to raise the hind part of the cow considerably by means of litter or otherwise, and keep the fore parts as low as they can be.f There are cows which have a swelling of the udder after calving from an abundance of milk ; it is necessary in such case to draw off the milk gently several times a day, if the * Count de Bonsi has made the same observation in Italy. {Authors.) f In the 0th volume of Instructions and Observations on the Diseases of Domestic Animals, part 2d, may be found a particular description of the method of putting back the uterus and vagina.