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ordinary inflammation; in the former case the milk may- 

 prove the vehicle of contagion to man and other animals. 

 In foot-and-mouth disease^ and other specific disorders, 

 the calf if left with the dam may become affected with 

 a virulent form of the disease. Medicinal agents adminis- 

 tered to the cow pass off in the milk and may seriously 

 affect the calf or children fed on this fluid. It has been 

 proposed to thus prepare medicines in a palatable and 

 bland form for human use at the expense of the cow, but 

 this method has not been generally adopted. 



Fia. 116.— Milk or Teat Syphon. 



Addendum 3. — Diseases op very Young Animals. 



The young animal on birth is sometimes found asphyxi-' 

 ated. No respiratory efforts are made ; the '^ necessity 

 for breathing '' does not produce the usual effect. Artificial 

 respiration may be tried or douching with cold water. 



Umbilical Hcemorrhage may result from breaking off of 

 the cord too close to the abdomen. The usual styptic 

 measures may be tried, and if possible, a ligature put on. 



Perviousness of the UracTius, Gastro-enteritisj and Hernice 

 of young animals have been already described. Also we 

 have alluded to the accumulations of meconium, which give 

 rise to constipation and general abdominal disorder, and 

 result either from excessive accumulation, or from the 

 young animal being deprived of the colostrum, its natural 

 cathartic. 



Inflammation op the Umbilical Cord — Omphalitis — is 

 especially seen in the progeny of scrofulous animals, and 

 may result from any ordinary irritating influence ; the ten- 

 dency calves have to suck the remains of the umbilical cord 

 especially gives rise to this. The scrofulous cases are very 

 obstinate, but ordinary ones soon suppurate, and there is a 



