BUBAL VETEBINABY SEC BETS 189 



RHEUMATISM IN PIGS 



Rheumatism is common in damp stables, may be due to pigs bur- 

 rowing in hot manure in winter time and then becoming exposed to the 

 cold weather. Removal of the causes, a mild physic and five grains of 

 salol in the feed twice daily will help overcome the trouble. If the 

 joints are swollen apply Electric Cream morning and night. 



WHITE SCOURS OF LAMBS 



(Infectious Diarrhea) 



White scours is an acute, infectious disease manifested by 

 profuse diarrhea. It attacks lambs shortly after birth or within two 

 or three days, frequently affecting all the newborn in the flock. It 

 is not common in range flocks. 



CAUSE 



A varity of micro-organisms has been found associated with the 

 disease, but the most common of them is the Bacillus colicommunis. 

 Dirty lambing pens or ground contaminated with the virulent or- 

 ganisms soils the udders of the ewe and the organisms are taken up 

 by the lamb in suckling. Cold and rain weaken the young lambs 

 and predispose them to infection. 



SYMPTOMS 



Symptoms appear in from one to three days after birth. The 

 lamb stops suckling, is depressed, and lies down much of the time. 

 The feces may be yellowish or grayish white and may be tinged 

 with blood. They are fetid and fluid. Death occurs in from one to 

 several days after symptoms are shown. 



White scours is distinguished from simple diarrhea by its tend- 

 ency to affect a large number in the flock at the same time. 



TREATMENT 



Affected lambs should be isolated and given 2 teaspoonfuls of 

 castor oil and an internal antiseptic, such as salicylic acid in doses 

 of one-third teaspoonful daily for several days. Anti-white-scours 

 serum may be injected shortly after birth as a preventive. On farms 

 where the disease has already occurred, ewes should be placed be- 

 fore lambing in clean, disinfected quarters. 



