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the foal for several hours, the colt being hungry 

 and its stomach being weak, it takes more milk 

 than it can digest, resulting in diarrhoea. In cases 

 where it is necessary for the mare and foal to be 

 separated for any length of time it will be neces- 

 sary to milk the mare, so that the colt will not get 

 too much, or let the colt take a little, then keep it 

 away for a while until the stomach is strength- 

 ened, then let it take more. There is very little 

 to fear on account of the milk being a long time 

 in the udder, as no change takes place ' in 

 the milk as long as the udder does not inflame. 

 Even then it does not seem to do either the calf or 

 foal any harm. In the early stages of diarrhoea 

 it is best to give the foal two ounces castor oil and 

 a teaspoonful of tincture of opium, and change the 

 food of the mother from grass to dry hay and good 

 oats if that has been the cause. If the oil does not 

 cure it after it has operated, give tincture of opium 

 two teaspoonfuls, tincture of catechu one table- 

 spoonful, chalk a tablespoonf ul ; mix this in half 

 a pint of starch gruel. Repeat in three hours if 

 not checked. If the diarrhoea should be very se- 

 vere, with la^ge quantities of very liquid feces, 

 give powdered opium twenty grains, camphor 

 twenty grains, acetate of lead ten grains; mix in 

 a half pint of starch gruel. Repeat this every third 

 hour until checked. If constipation should follow 

 give boiled flaxseed. 



Diarrhoea in Calves (White Scours).— If the calf 

 is not allowed to suckle its mother great care is 

 necessary in feeding it. If it gets too much milk, 



