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and keep it open. Give internally three times a day 1 tablet of Conkey's 

 Fever Remedy as directed. Treat the eyes with Conkey's Eye Remedy. If 

 there is a discharge from the nose, or any difficulty with breathing, Pi-no 

 used as an inhalant from steaming hot water solution will relieve the 

 condition. 



Prevention Disinfect thoroughly with Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant 

 to prevent the spread of the disorder. 



CONSTIPATION With newborn calves this may be the result of failing 



IN CALVES to dry off the cow before calving, so that the colostrum 



(first secretion in the udder for the offspring) does not 



have a chance to form. This colostrum is the laxative supplied by nature 

 to empty the bowels of the new-born. Where the calf is constipated we 

 recommend 2 to 4 tablespoonfuls of castor oil, with an injection up the 

 rectum, using 1 pint of warm water and 1 teaspoonful Nox-i-cide Dip and 

 Disinfectant stirred or shaken to an emulsion. If the calf is brought up by 

 hand, be sure the milk is not too rich or from a cow too far along in 

 lactation; or, where skim milk is used, do not add calf meal or other grain 

 too early, as the salivary and pancreatic ferments necessary for digesting 

 starch are not developed at first. Feed the milk at blood heat, never cold, 

 as cold milk is a very common cause of trouble. 



COUGH Never neglect the symptoms of coughing. When the cough 



is from tuberculosis no treatment is worth while since the 



animal is unfit for breeding purposes and neither its flesh nor milk would 



be fit for human food. When simply the result of a cold or sore throat, treat 



as follows: 



Treatment Spray or swab the throat with Pi-no, mixing with water, 

 according to directions on package. Rub the throat on the 

 outside, from ear to ear, with Conkey's Warming Liniment. This prepara- 

 tion is penetrating and will allay the pain and soon heal the soreness. 

 Treat twice a day, or if a very bad case treat oftener, since treatment 

 greatly relieves the animal's suffering. In this case, also Conkey's Pi-no 

 used in a bucket of steaming hot water, or in a nose bag, as an inhalant, 

 will relieve the condition. Where there are ulcers or sores in the mouth 

 always separate the animal. Cough (pneumonia) is often associated with 

 navel infection. There is no excuse for navel infection as it is entirely 

 preventable by simple precautions at birth, wetting the navel with 1-1000 

 solution of corrosive sublimate twice a day until the cord shrivels up and 

 drops off, leaving no raw spot, or Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant 

 can be used. Before the calf is allowed to suck, wash the cow's udder with 

 a solution of 1 teaspoonful Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant to 1 pint of 

 water, as otherwise the calf is liable to infection. 



COWPOX This is an acute contagious disease, the first symptom of 

 which is slight fever, then tenderness and inflammation of the 

 teats. Small lumps like shot form under the skin, then soften into small 

 pustules, which break and yellow matter runs from them. This discharge 

 dries into scales or scabs. The teats are very sensitive and painful and the 

 cow suffers greatly when being milked. The disease is spread by the 

 milker's hands. 



Treatment Separate the cow from the rest of the herd, as the discharge 



is very contagious. Milk her last of all, so as to avoid danger 



of infecting the others when milking. If possible, use a milking tube, steril- 



