276 The Care of Animals 



WHITE SCOUR 



This is a severe and often fatal diarrhea that attacks 

 calves, and rarely lambs and colts. The disease may 

 appear within a day or twoi after the calf is born, and 

 often occurs as a contagious disease, attacking all calves 

 that are dropped for some time, especially during the 

 winter or spring. The disease is caused by a germ 

 that enters the calves' system, in most cases through 

 the navel. 



There is a severe diarrhea, which produces great 

 weakness and general prostration. The eyes are 

 sunken, the ears cold, and the mucous membrane of 

 the mouth is cold and bloodless. The discharges from 

 the bowels have an offensive odor. 



The cow should be placed at once in clean dry 

 quarters, where no sick calves have been confined. As 

 soon as the calf is dropped, the "cord" should be tied 

 close to the navel, and both thoroughly wet with a 

 solution of tincture of iodine, or a solution of one 

 part of carbolic acid to five parts of water. Iodine 

 usually gives the best results. Fresh milk, diluted one- 

 third with lime-water, in which a teaspoonful of dried 

 blood has been dissolved, should be given to the calf 

 in small quantities frequentl3^ Where this disease oc- 

 curs in buildings, all pregnant cows about to calve 

 should be removed to uninfected quarters. 



CROP -BOUND FOWLS 



In the spring when chickens first roam and gather 

 food for themselves, they are likely to swallow a large 



