General Management in Disease 



When abortion appears amongst a herd of 

 cattle or flock of ewes it is absolutely imperative 

 that immediate isolation of the aborters should be 

 enforced, and a separate attendant must be allowed 

 to look after such, as the infection may be conveyed 

 by the clothing of man and various other channels. 

 Most serious losses commonly occur, and every 

 stock keeper knows that when this disease appears, 

 it is uncertain when the trouble will end ; and all 

 freshly imported pregnant animals may become 

 infected in a similar manner. 



A word of warning may be given, as infectious 

 abortion may easily be introduced into a herd 

 without the owner knowing it. 



The advice is to keep all recently purchased 

 in-calf cows by themselves for a period of, say, 

 a month. Abortion arising from accidental causes 

 does not demand these precautionary measures. 

 In dealing with an outbreak of this disease and 

 following upon an immediate isolation of infected 

 animals it is expedient to thoroughly cleanse the 

 hind-quarters, twice or thrice daily, with some 

 antiseptic solution ; likewise give vaginal injections 

 of the same, for which it is advisable to consult a 

 veterinary surgeon. The cattle-house or stable 

 should be thoroughly cleaned, disinfected and lime 

 whitened, and as a preventive half an ounce of 

 pure Carbolic Acid may be mixed with bran-mash 

 and given to each cow, along with other food, 

 daily. Half these doses will suffice for a mare. 



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