Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1879 — A Deaf-Mute Cow. [ARTICLE]

A Deaf-Mute Cow.

The case of a deaf-mute ccw is reported by a Russian veterinary surgeon. A cow, 12 years old, of Algava breed, belonging to a Russian nobleman,never showed signs of hearing nor bellowed. Seeing the other cattle bellow, she tried to imitate them by stretching her neck and head, and opening her mouth, but she could not produce any sound. The sense of vision of this cow was fp\incl to be unusually well developed. ,