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Treatment Scrub the affected parts well with Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip 

 and Disinfectant solution, two teaspoonfuls in a pint of water; 

 then apply an ointment made by mixing 1 part Conkey's Absorbent with 

 two parts lard. Put this on every two days until all scabs are gone. It is 

 better to shave the hairs from the edge of the spot or pull them out with 

 pincers, then apply the ointment. Clean up the quarters and disinfect 

 thoroughly with Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant to prevent the 

 spread of the disease. 



Prevention Extra care in cleaning, disinfecting, etc., will entirely prevent 

 any trouble with ring worm. The use of Conkey's Nox-i-cide 

 Dip and Disinfectant in the cleaning water when animals are groomed will 

 prevent any development of such skin disorders as ring worm, mange, itch, 

 etc. 



SCOURS This is a frequent trouble with calves, but it also affects 

 grown cattle. With calves the trouble may be inherited, or 

 from navel infection or, what is most common, some fault of feeding. With 

 grown cattle the trouble is usually due to some simple error in feeding, such 

 as giving too much salt after depriving them of it for a long time, or it may 

 also come from any irritant in the bowels. Calf scours is a common ail- 

 ment of calves brought up by hand and usually starts sometime in the first 

 month. The scouring is a symptom rather than the disease itself, the real 

 trouble being the irritated condition of the intestines from bad digestion. 

 The diarrhea is thin and watery, and may be white, greenish or mixed 

 with bloody mucous. 



Treatment At the first sign give a dose of castor oil, 1 to 2 ounces in 

 milk, dose according to the age of the calf. This is always 

 the first step in checking the trouble. Then 3 times a day give one tea- 

 spoonful subnitrate of bismuth. Examine the feed, for the trouble is there. 

 If skim milk is fed add 1 ounce of lime water to every pint of milk. Be 

 sure that all milk fed the calves is at blood heat temperature, for cold 

 milk is often the cause of scouring. If the calves are fed whole milk, be 

 sure it is not too rich, and not from a cow too far along in lactation. Feed 

 often and only a moderate amount at a time. Be very sure that all utensils 

 are thoroughly clean. A little Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant in the wash 

 water will disinfect them thoroughly. Do not add grain or calf meal of 

 any sort too soon, as the digestive juices are not ready for grain in the first 

 few weeks. When grain is added, avoid using screened oats, as the hulls 

 are irritating. A little blood meal fed with corn meal, makes a good 

 substitute. Soon as the bowel movements check give the calves J4 table- 

 spoonful Conkey's Stock Tonic as directed and continue treatment for about 

 two weeks or until the animal gets a good start. 



White scours, appearing the first or second day after birth, with great 

 weakness and dulness of the calf, is a contagious disease and usually is 

 quickly fatal. It is due to navel infection and the treatment is therefore 

 preventive as follows: Let the cow calve in a separate clean stable, or 

 disinfect the quarters very thoroughly with Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and 

 Disinfectant, % pint to each gallon of water. Some of the same strength 

 solution should be used to wash off the hind quarters of the cow and at 

 birth the cord should be tied with sterile string or tape (sterilize by soaking 

 in a cup of water with 1 teaspoonful of Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant) 

 and for a week or ten days, until it heals, the stump should be wet each 

 day with this Nox-i-cide solution. 



