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Title: The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies : including horses, cattle, cows, sheep, swine, fowls, dogs, etc. ...
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Miller, William B. E Tellor, Lloyd V
Subjects: Horses Veterinary medicine
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : L.C. Hascall & Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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Abortion or Slinking. 317 Later on, the animal begins to moan, the pangs of laborcome on with more or less violence, and the fruit of thewomb is expelled, sometimes living, but generally dead, andoften putrid and escaping by piecemeal. Treatment.—This is largely indicated by what we havesaid above, so far as the prevention of the epidemic is con-cerned. But there is one precaution which cannot be toostrongly urged. That is, as soon as the abortion has oncecommenced, proceed to deliver the fetus at once, and bury itdeep in the ground, sprinkling it freely ^\ith carbolic acid orchloride of lime. We need here not merely a disinfectant,but one with a powerful smell of its own to overcome theodor of the lochia. The cow should then receive attention. The afterbirthhaving also been removed and buried, the vagina should besyringed with a solution of chloride of lime, one ounce to thequart of water; the stall should be cleaned, washed with thesolution, and freshly littered; and for a month a

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