336 Diseases of Cattle, 



CHAPTER lY. 



DISEASES OF CALVES. 



First Attentions, 



Diarrhea or Scouring. 



Epidemio Colic — The Shoote or Shewte of Blood. 



Croup. 



The Hush or Hoose — Parasitic Bronchitis. 



PIRST ATTENTIONS. 



Immediately after she has dropped her calf, the cow should 

 occupy herself in licking and cleaning it. If she neglects 

 this maternal duty, the calf should be sprinkled with a little 

 salt, which will induce her to perform it. 



The calf should remain with its mother for a few days at 

 least, in order to derive the benefit of the first milk, which is 

 laxative in quality and gives the little animal the purge 

 which it needs in order to clear its bowels of the black and 

 glutinous feces which have accumulated there. 



Occasionally the mother in severing the naval string with 

 her teeth leaves it so that it bleeds. It should then be tied 

 with a strong thread | and if the navel looks inflamed, it is 

 well to smear it with petroleum ointment, or oxide of zinc 

 ointment, or other soothing application. If there is a tumor 

 which threatens to break, it should be lanced, and dressed as 

 heretofore directed for abscesses, (page 227). 



DIAREHEA OH SCOURING. 



This common affection in calves is, through neglect and 

 mismanagement, a cause of heavy mortality among them. 

 It arises, as a rule, either from too rich or too poor food, and 

 the dam should be looked to in this respect, as well as the 



