88 Scours of Cattle 



DIARRHOEA, SCOURS OF CATTLE 



CAUSES 



Diarrhoea is caused by indigestible irritant foods, moldy, foods, 

 poisonous plants, foods containing a high per cent of water, foul water 

 supplies, intestional paresites or tuberculosis of the intestional canal. If 

 the scorrs is due to tuberculosis it is incurable. 



SYMPTOMS 



The passages of the bowels become thin and frequent, and unless 

 checked the animal becomes thin and weak because they are not able to 

 get the proper nourishment out of the food. 



TREATMENT 



If possible to locate the cause in the food change the ration. Often 

 a change from dry feed to grass will check it or a change from grass to 

 dry feed will often yield beneficial results. 



A purgative or mild physic as 14 gallon of raw linseed oil @ 1000 

 pound live weight should be given first to remove the cause of the trouble 

 out of the bowels. It is useless to make a practice of locking the source 

 of the trouble up in the bowels. After 12 hours any of the following 

 should give good results to check the diarrhoea. 



Give 2 to 3 drams (2 to 3 tablespoonsful) of tannic acid 3 times 

 daily for a few days or 1 dram fluid extract of capsicum may be given 3 

 or 4 times daily. Give in 1 pint of water. 



3 to 4 dr.^ms of bismuth sub-nitrate given 3 times daily has given 

 me good results in diarrhoea, ll/o ounces of laudanum given every 3 to 4 

 hours is a preferred treatment for diarrhoea. 



DYSENTERY 



Dysentry is a severe form of diarrhoea usually accompained by the 

 passage of blood and even shreds of the intestional canal. 



The bowels should first be emptied by the use of 14 gallon or 1 quart 

 of raw oil. After 12 hours treatment should consist in giving drugs to 

 quiet the bowels as 



Capsicum 1 dram (1 teaspoonful) or 



Lead Acetate 20 grains (one-third of a teaspoonful). 



