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I want to say, in passing, that ,i cow should nc:rr he drenched for any trouble. 

 There are better ways of administering medicines, without the dangers of drenching. 



DISPOSING OF THE COW. 



It is a common practice, when Contagious Abortion is discovered in a herd, 

 to sell at a sacrifice those that abort, thereby hoping to banish the disease. But the 

 abortion germ sits in legions upon every vantage point about the stable where 

 this cow has been kept, and is not disttirbed by such procedure. And the germs 

 in the cow, if she is sold to another herd, rejoice in the prospects of new and 

 fertile fields. 



In selling the aborting cow, of course the dairyman contemplates replacing her. 

 He usually sells her at a sacrifice and cannot purchase her equal, when healthy, 

 for the same money. So he has suffered a direct loss. The cow purchased to 

 replace her will be immediately exposed to infection, both from the rest of the 

 herd and from the stable, where the aborting animal was kept, and will certainly 

 be infected as soon as her condition is favorable. So it is, that the attempt to 

 get rid of the disease by selling off and substitution becomes a means of spreading 

 the malady to other herds, and to new additions to one's own herd. 



NEITHER DIRECT TREATMENT NOR DISINFECTION 

 ALONE WILL ACCOMPLISH PERMANENT RESULTS. 



While the hypodermic treatment will destroy the germs in the mother's blood, 

 and the Antisepto will destroy the germs in the genital organs of both the cow and 

 the bull, the importance of Disinfectall must not lie overlooked, as the means of 

 destroying the germs in the stables occupied by infected cattle. 



On the other hand, disinfecting the stables and cleansing the diseased organs 

 will avail nothing permanent, while the disease runs riot througli the system of 

 even one animal in the herd. 



COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT OF THE 



WHOLE HERD AND INFECTED QUARTERS, THE 



ONLY EFFECTIVE METHOD. 



The combination of the three effective agencies of germ destruction into one 

 system of treatment will rid any herd of this most dreadful scourge. 



Let it be kept in mind that everything in the herd, excepting steers, require 

 watching and treatment. 



Calves. 



The germs often afl:ect calves when dropped, even if they are carried full time, 

 where the cow has the germs in the system. But calves dropped before full time, 

 "living abortions," are sure to carry the germs in the blood; and since these 

 almost invariably have scours, the excrement is a fruitful source of infection for 

 carrying the disease to other calves and cows of the herd. 



Heifers. 



Apparently healthy heifers may .carry the germs in the blood from birth or be 

 infected when calves, and show no signs of abortion until pregnant, when the 

 germs instinctively become active and vegetate rapidly at every vantage point 

 in the system. Close and frequent examinations, according to directions given 

 farther on in this volume, will disclose the early symptoms of the disease, and with 

 prompt action the calf can be saved. 



Cows. 



A cow that has calved is the most susceptible to attack, and is at the same 

 time the most prolific source from which the disease may spread. This is especially 



