88 Diseases of Cattle. 



sumption, the treatment and remedies are the same as in 

 consumption. (Which see.) 



DIARRHOEA IN CALVES— WHITE SCOURS:— 

 This affection frequently occurs among young calves, and 

 destroys thousands of them everv' year. 



CAUSES : — The first milk of the mother acts as a mild 

 physic to the calf, and prepares the stomach for the recep- 

 tion and proper digestion of food ; when the calf does not 

 receive this first milk, the secretions become acid which pro- 

 duces constipation, soon followed by diarrhoea or scours. It 

 is also caused by giving cold milk to calves. Eating to^ rap- 

 idly, which gorges the stomach and paralyzes the digestive 

 functions. 



SYMPTOMS: — The symptoms of white scours or 

 diarrhoea in calves, is vastly different from diarrhoea in 

 other animals. They have a greedy appetite, discharges of 

 wind or gas, swelling of the belly with occasional pain. The 

 excrement or dung is of a white or yellowish color. In 

 severe cases, the true milk is passed unchanged. 



PREVENTION :— Until the calf is several weeks old 

 allow it to suck its mother, morning, noon, and night. Thus 

 avoiding the paralyzation and gorging of the stomach with 

 cold milk. 



TREATMENT :— The first object is to counteract the 

 acid secretion, and restore the bowels to a natural condi- 

 tion. This is best accomplished by giving our 



REMEDY NO. 115 AS DIRECTED. 



Immediate attention should be given to the food, which 

 should be composed of equal parts of milk and linseed gruel, 

 until the bowels are in a condition to receive milk alone. If 

 the diarrhoea has assumed a chronic form, it will be neces- 

 sarv to administer our 



