HOOSE IN CALVES. 



Herpes. — (See Mange.) 



Hide BDUnd. — This is not to be taken as a disease, 

 but merely the result of faulty digestion and assimilation. 



Treatment.— ^Gcive one pound of epsom salts, half an 

 ounce of ginger, and mix in two bottles of cold water, 

 and sweetened with molasses. Next day follow with the 

 following powders : — Powdered ginger, one ounce ; fenu- 

 greek, one ounce; carraway seeds, half an ounce: mix, 

 and give in one dose, and one dose may be given daily 

 for a week. 



Hoose in Calves. — This is a common disease in 

 breeding districts, and is very fatal in its results, and at- 

 tacking young calves and cattle, till two years old. It 

 is a parasitic disease. 



Cause. — The presence of minute worms in the bron- 

 chial tubes. These worms are caWed filaria bronchi, and 

 inhabit the windpipe of young cattle, sheep and lambs. 



Prevention. — Keep calves, sheep and lambs on dry 

 land, where there is no marsh, wet land or meadow. 



Symptoms. — Constant, husky cough, difificulty in 

 breathing, emaciation, and loss of appetite. Thus the 

 disease goes on from bad to worse, until death takes 

 place in from two to three weeks, depending much, how- 

 ever, upon the age of the beast. 



Treatment. — Linseed oil, two ounces; oil or spirits of 

 turpentine, half an ounce, well mixed with the linseed 

 oil. This dose is for a calf of six months old. The dose 

 is to be repeated every two days. Give the calves good 

 feed, such as oil cake, etc. Another form, and it is a 

 good one, and is generally used in sheep to save expense 

 and trouble, is getting hold of them, and driving them 

 into a pretty close house or shed, not larger than will 

 hold all the affected ones. Then procure an earthern 



