306 THE STOCKFEEDER'S COMPANION 



The general treatment for fevers and ailments due 

 to errors of diet, under Horses, apply equally to cattle. 



Hoose. On land where calves are subject to husk 

 or hoose, they should be given dry concentrated food 

 altogether, and if a large proportion of the calves get it 

 each year, they should be kept up at night, and in very 

 bad cases not allowed to go out during the first year, as 

 this disease pulls them down in condition very badly. 

 It is also wise to house them early in the autumn, or 

 provide them with shelter in the field, where they can 

 have hay in addition to cake. 



Affected calves should be taken inside, and given 

 nutritious food, and a dose of 2 or 3 teaspoonfuls of 

 turpentine in I pint linseed tea, on two successive days. 

 The turpentine then finds its way through the circula- 

 tion into the lungs, where it comes in contact with the 

 lung worms in the air-passages, thus enabling the calf 

 to expel them by coughing. 



If the complaint becomes serious, it may be 

 necessary to inject a suitable solution into the windpipe 

 so as to come more directly in contact with the husk 

 worms. A hypodermic syringe is necessary for this 

 purpose, and enables one after piercing the windpipe 

 .between two of its rings, to force 2 drachms of husk- 

 mixture into the windpipe three times a day, at 

 intervals of three days. The following is a very 

 suitable mixture for (intertracheal) injection into the 

 windpipe : 



Olive oil . . . . . ioo parts 



Oil of turpentine . . . . 2 ,, 



Chloroform . . . . 2 



Pure carbolic acid . . . 2 



Contagious White Scour. This disease is due to 



