100 Scours of Calves 



and the breath and bowels emit a foul odor. Later grating of teeth 

 occurs which indicates indigestion in any animal. 



TREATMENT 



Scours in calves is not an incurable disease however it requires lots 

 of patience in many cases to perfect a cure. 



It is as useless to indiscrimately pour medicine down calves without 

 locating the cause of the trouble and removing it, as it would be to 

 doctor a horse for colic caused by green oats and continue to pour the 

 oats into him. Feed the calf for nourishment I/2 dozen raw eggs daily 

 and not to exceed 1 gallon of milk per day given preferably in three 

 feeds. If the calf is very bad off the milk should be slightly reduced. I 

 do not favor boiling the milk. Boiling destroys the ferments and makes 

 the milk less digestible. 



Above all things be very clean with the milk and see to it the calf gets 

 it at the proper temperature. The cow buckets and hands should all be 

 very clean when milk is drawn from the cow. If the calf is nursing the 

 cow often to reduce the amount given the calf will aid in curing scours. 



See to it that the cows feed is not the cause previously discussed under 

 causes of this disease. 



There are a number of home treatments for scours in calves but my 

 success with them has not been by any means satisfactory. Among 

 them are coffee, eggs, inner bark of white oak boiled and 3 to 6 table- 

 spoonsful of the clear tea given three or four times daily. Flour boiled 

 in a sack two hours and sliced into the milk after the flour becomes 

 dry, raw flour, scorched flour, corn starch gruels and rectum injec- 

 tions of corn starch, gum arable, etc. It is probable most of them 

 have some benefit but their use has been all but satisfactory in my 

 hands. 



I find it best to give lime water and gentian 3 to 4 times daily made 

 as follows from the beginning of scours till after the attack is over, 

 lake % pint of Time, pour over it 1/2 gallon of boiling water in an 

 earthen crock. Stir vigorously several times then let settle, pour off the 

 perfectly clear liquid and give I or 2 tablespoonsful with 2 teaspoonsful 

 of gentian 3 or 4 times daily. It makes no difference what the other 

 treatment is, give the lime water and gentian. 



Following is a formulae which some people claim good success with 

 and with which I have had good success if given when scours fir^ ap- 

 pear. 



