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catchy, and finally death closes the scene. In the third form the 

 attack is of a much milder character, the calves being affected 

 several days and then recovering. Cases in the second and third 

 forms are at times greatly aggravated by injudicious modes of 

 feeding, giving big doses of milk at the end of each day instead of 

 lesser quantities four or five different times within the twenty-four 

 hours. The calves should be fed from an india-rubber foster-mother, 

 and suck the milk instead of drinking it. 



335. Treatment. — In the first or intestinal catarrhal form the attack 

 is so severe that little can be done ; 2 teaspoonfuls of Condy's Fluid, 

 mixed with -| pint of skim milk and warm water, can be tried, and re- 

 peated in five or six hours if required. In the second and third 

 stages sometimes 2 to 3 ounces of castor oil and 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls 

 of laudanum mixed and given as a drench in a little warm milk, 

 when the animal is first observed ailing, answers well, following up 

 with 1 wineglassful of lime-water, or 1 teaspoonful each of carbonate 

 of soda or salicylate of soda added to the morning and evening meal. 

 Should the diarrhoea be very bad, give as a drench in a little 

 warm milk 1 tablespoonful of Gregory's powder {par. 1065, 

 No. III.) and 1 teaspoonful of laudanum night and morning, the 

 milk fed to the calves to be twelve hours old with the cream 

 removed, warmed in a water-bath, and offered to the ailing animals 

 every five or six hours in small quantities. The calf hulls and 

 boxes should be at once thoroughly cleaned out, the walls and wood- 

 work washed with boiling water, washing-soda, and carbolic acid, 

 following this up with lime-wash and carbolic acid, sprinkling the 

 same on the floor ; this ought to be done once a fortnight or three 

 weeks until the complaint is arrested. Prevention. — Immediately 

 the calf is born tie the navel string with a piece of cord 1 or narrow 

 tape previously dipped in carbolic oil {par. 1060, No. III., or iodine 

 solution, par. 1069, No. V.), then rub a little of the oil or iodine 

 solution over the belly and around the navel, and above all put the 

 calf into a good dry box on to clean dry bedding, and for the first 

 week feed every six hours with twelve-hours milk (from which the 

 cream has been removed) warmed in a water-bath. Attention 



