Keeping milk goats in India / by J.L. Goheen.

  • John Lawrence Goheen
Date:
1933
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Keeping milk goats in India / by J.L. Goheen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    62/72 page 48
    ~take small amounts of milk from its mother, as formerly,, but care must be taken to prevent its drinking too much - at any given time. Constipation. This trouble is more apt to affect young: kids, especially new-born kids which may not have been able to drink enough of the first thick milk from their mother’s udder. This thick milk is necessary for the pur- pose of cleaning out their digestive systems, and usually kids do get enough of it and everything goes along normal- ly. If a very weak kid does not have good movements of its digestive system, then a dose of warm castor oil, one small spoonful, will probably be all that is requi- red, If one has not been sufficient, after 3 or 4 hours’ time try another, keeping the kid dry and warm and also trying ~ ¢o get it to suck its mother. Usually this trouble can be - removed, Adult goats do not have this trouble as a rule, but in case they require treatment for it, Epsom Salts, 2 or 3 large _ spoonsful, according to the size and age of the goat, pro- erly mixed in about one-half seer of clean warm water and carefully fed by means of a long-necked bottle, will doubtless remove the cause. Coarse grass, and green leaves to eat, plenty of clean fresh water to drink, and exercise will help to keep one’s goats in good condition. Sore Teats. These may be caused by scratches or wounds which happen while the goat has been grazing, or through some accident, such as a cut. Cleanliness is the most impor- tant thing in treatment, the sores or cuts to be washed out with phenyle water (warmed) or else just clean fresh warm water, and iodine applied to the sore places. Following that an application of clean warm sweet oil, or even castor - oil, to the affected place will be beneficial. It will be well * to keep the udder protected by means of a.cloth bag which
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3