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pages of this book. All bowel passages should be collected 2 or 3 

 times daily in a vessel, covered with lime and buSried in an isolated 

 spot away from all lots and buildings. This is done to prevent the di- 

 sease spreading. After the disease is discovered do not allow any more 

 cows to calve in the infected building and if possible do not permit any 

 one to go from infected pens to pens where pregnant cows asre to calve 

 without changing the clothes and shoes. After the calves are 10 hrs. old 

 a good plan is to dip the navel of all calves born after the disease 1$ dis- 

 covered in the following disinfectant solution 



4 tablespoonfuls of carbolic acid to 1 quart of warm water After 

 the navel cord is disinfected tie it with a smooth soft cord. 



The walls, floor and ceiling of an infected barn should be washed 

 with one of the following solutions 



5 per cent Creolin (10 tablespoonsful @ gallon of water). 

 5 per cent Carbolic Acid (10 tablespoonsful @ gallon of water). 

 5 per cent Formalin (10 tablespoonsful @ gallon of water). 

 Clothing etc. may be boiled. 



ORDINARY SCOURS. DIARRHOEA OF 



CALVES 



[Indigestion) 



This disease is much more prevalent on some farms than others, 

 possibly due to the feed, water or continually having calves in the same 

 building year after year. Ordinary scours occur after calves axe 5 or 

 6 days old and seldom after they are a few months old. 



The following reasons are given as the cause of scours. Failure of 

 calf to receive the first milk (colostrum) of the cow, cow receiving food 

 that produces milk of acid composition or too rich in fats, (ensilage may 

 cause acid milk), cow giving more milk than the calf should receive, 

 dirty milk, or feeding buckets, calf eating solid foods before the digestive 

 tract is sufficiently developed to receive them. Lice may cause scours. 

 Irregularity of time or amount of milk given. Cows eating moldy feeds 

 or highly acid feeds as ensilage. I am of the opinion ensilage is to 

 blame in more cases than formerly supposed, by producing an acid ef- 

 fect on the milk. 



SYMPTOMS 



The bowels move frequently and the passages contain a high per 

 cent of water. The little patient loses the appetite, becomes gaunt, stupid 



