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move those causes ; the disease being seen in its earUest stages, give as 

 one dose : 



Elk's Anti-Scour Compound — 1 dram. 

 Castor Oil — 1 ounce. 



The dose may be larger or smaller depending on the size of the animal. 



Lime water in one or two ounce doses fed with the milk is useful 

 in overcoming acidity and the consequent indigestion. Foals affected 

 with indigestion due to the dam's milk being too rich, should have the 

 supply limited, the mare being milked on the ground. The rich condi- 

 tion of milk for calves can be overcome by diluting the milk with 

 warm water. Raw eggs with brandy and several other drugs are often 

 recommended. Subnitrate of bismuth in suitable doses is a very valu- 

 able drug when the digestive tract of young animals is in an irritable 

 condition. 



NAVEL-ILL 



NAVEL-ILL is rather a common disease of foals, occasionally of 

 calves and lambs. The measures to be adopted by the stockman are 

 those of a preventive character, such as dressing the navel with Elk's 

 Absorbing Ointment; have the mare to foal on the grass and if the 

 disease has appeared make a thorough disinfection of the foaling or 

 calving box or the lambing pens, as the case may be. The symptoms 

 shown are feverishness and constipation, loss of vigor, being quite dull 

 and reluctant to suck, lameness with swelling of one or more joints. 

 The latter symptoms, lameness and possibly a swelling of a joint, mis- 

 lead the average stockm.an. He thinks the foal has been stepped upon 

 by the dam, when really the cause is the introduction of germs by the 

 navel. The navel, instead of drying up and dropping oft", remains on 

 and is clammy to the touch and tap-like in appearance. The later 

 stages, exhibit more swelling of the joints, formation of abscesses and 

 exhaustion, usually terminating in death. The urine may trickle from 

 the navel in this disease. The early employment of a veterinarian will 

 only be profitable; the death rate is high on account of skilled treat- 

 ment being given too late. Some authorities consider this trouble as 

 caused by the same germ as that causing contagious abortion. A good 

 preventive, however, is to smear the navel with Elk's absorbing Oint- 

 ment, this will disinfect the navel and prevent the absorption of toxic 

 germs. 



