Treatment.—Treatment consists in making incisions into the swellings and syringing them out with 2 per cent compound cresol solution. The cavities may then be packed with cotton, soaked in 5 per cent zinc-chlorid solution. The swollen lymphatics may also be bathed or covered with cloths wrung out in this solution.
OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following are also infectious diseases of cattle, a discussion of which will be found in previous chapters:
| Page. | |
| Contagious abortion | 167 |
| White scour of calves | 261 |
| Infectious ophthalmia (pink eye) | 345 |
FOOTNOTES:
[4] These membranes comprise the smooth, very delicate, glistening lining of the large body cavities. In the thorax the serous membrane (pleura) covers the ribs and diaphragm as well as the whole lung surface. In the abdomen a similar membrane (peritoneum) lines the interior of the cavity and covers the bowels, liver, spleen, etc.
[5] Hogs are subject to actinomycosis.
[6] The distribution of Government blackleg vaccine was discontinued July 1, 1922.
[7] Only a general outline of methods of eradication will be given here. For detailed information, including directions for the construction of dipping vats and for the preparation of dips, the reader is referred to Farmers' Bulletin 1057, which may be obtained free upon application to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
[8] For fuller information see Farmers' Bulletin 1057, from which the directions here given are mainly derived.