EQUISTERIAN ISSUE 9

FEI WORLD CUP JUMPING
MAMA PUNDA NOTES
Diseases most
common in
horses and
other domestic
animals
In this series from Mrs Rose Caldwell’s
handbook ‘Mama Punda’s Veterinary
Notes, we continue with diseases most
common in horses and other domestic
animals.
Chronic Opthalmia
Symptoms
Eye begins watering, becomes pale blue then
bright yellow or red. Cow unable to see.
Treatment
Rinse eye with dilute pot permanganate and
apply an antibiotic ointment daily. Give a larger
dose of cod liver oil as it is caused by lack of
vitamins. Cows can recover sight if treated in
time.
Ring Worm
Treatment
Mix 1 oz salicylic acid in 1 pint cod liver oil. Mix
well and apply every third day or use Coopers
ring worm ointment as directed.
Foot Rot
Symptoms
Lame and often swollen around coronet.
Treatment
Clean thoroughly. Treat with foot rot spray, in
bad cases give a course of Tetracycline about
20 cc then 10 cc for two days or Betamox.
Black Spot in cattle
Symptoms
Hard scrabs on teats, very painful and
resulting infections leads to mastitis.
Treatment
Make a salve from: Defungit or Alugan;
Sulphanilamide powder; Healing oil; Gentian
violet – can use purple spray.
Apply after milking until teat healed. Make
sure milkers wash hands in disinfectant after
each cow and be prepared for mastitis.
Diarrhoea in cattle
Treatment
Give 20 cc Gentamycin a.m. and repeat in the
evening. if cows are still scouring next day,
repeat. The treatment can be done 3 times if
necessary. Alternatively, give 1 litre strong tea
– said to be infallible.
Prolapsed Uterus
Treatment
Wash uterus. Wrap in a wet cloth and keep
off the ground. Make animal stand with
head lower than tail, sit someone on back
to hold the tail up. Make the uterus slippery
with soapy water and gradually push back in
starting with the edges. Push to the length of
an arm. Put in a tube of Multiject to reduce
infection.
Mastitis
Symptoms
Clotted milk sometimes full of blood, quarter
feels hard and meaty.
Treatment
Milk out affected quarter and squirt in mastitis
remedy. Continue treatment until cured. If
persistent, inject with 20 cc Gentamycin for
3 days and put 5 cc Gentamycin in affected
teat. Don’t use Gentamycin in teat if you have
already used the ointment. If the Gentamycin
doesn’t work, use 20 ml Tetracycline LA with
LA mastitis ointment.
Milk Fever
Symptoms
Shortly after calving cow gets temperature,
lies down, staggers and cannot get up. Fatal
if left.
Treatment
100 ml Calciject i/v. give i/v through vein at
bottom of stomach. After the first dose you can
give more, up to 200 ml, by ordinary routes.
Cow should recover in half an hour. One dose is
usually sufficient if given early enough.
Treatment for suspected breeding diseases
24 hours before service give an injection of
LA Terramycin. Serve the cow then wait for
two days and repeat the injection. If there is
discharge after a further two days repeat the
injection again. If this does not work get cow
washed out when she is on heat.
Bloat Remedies
1. Give vegetable oil half pint. This is very
effective.
2. 50 ml washing up liquid in one litre water.
3. 100 ml water, 1 tsp washing up liquid, 1
tbsp oil, tsp bicarb and put an aspirin up
the rectum.
4. 10 ml vinegar in 1 bottle water.
5. 30 ml liquid paraffin.
If all these fail use a troche or sharp knife on
left (near) side, a hands width down between
hip bone and last rib. In very bad cases enlarge
the hole and remove the grass manually. Can
out oil or bloat remedy in the hole.
Calf Pneumonia
Symptoms
High temperature, running nose, cough, can
have noisy breathing.
Treatment
Keep warm and dry and give course of
antibiotics and Catosol.
Lack of phosphorous in calves
Symptoms
Calf eats normally and no temperature but
moves very stiffly as if joints and shoulders are
not working properly.
Treatment
Give 2 tsp of bone meal in the milk twice daily
until better.
White scour in calves
Treatment
Give up to 5 cc Terramycin for 3 days and also
half cc vitamins A, D and E once. Treat with
scour tablets. In a severe outbreak give all
calves 1 tsp neo Terramycin in 3-4 oz water and
half cc vitamin A, D and E injection. Don’t put
new calves in infected areas. If the calf is weak,
then give 5 ml Catosol.
The E.A. Equestrian ■ OCT-DEC-2015
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