DlSKASliS OF CATTLE, 67 



CALF INDIGESTION. 

 How to Know It. 



The symptoms of calf mdigestion are dullness, belching of gas from the stom- 

 ach, sour breath, entire los§ of ajipetite, colicky pain, and at first constipation, which 

 later on develops into diarrhoea, the ixces being very offensive. 



If constipation be present at the time of treatment, the calf should be given 

 small doses of Laxotonic, but if diarrhoea be present at the time of treatment small 

 doses of Calf Cholera Remedy should be given. 



See Prescrij^tion No. 14, page 174. 



CALVING. 



The required time of gestation, or the period in which a cow carries her calf, 

 is nine months, at which time special attention should be given her. Place her in 

 a loose box-stall with plenty of bedding ; give her feed of a laxative nature ; the 

 drinking water should have the chill taken from it, and her bowels should be kept 

 in a natural condition by giving her Laxotonic. 



After the labor pains have appeared it would be well to keep watch of her, and 

 if she does not deliver her calf within a reasonable length of time — say, one hour — 

 it would be advisable to make an examination. Upon doing so, if the calf be in a 

 natural position, the nose and front feet are the first to be felt. If such be the case, 

 the attendant may assist the cow in delivering her calf by pulling on the front 

 feet. Any other position would indicate an unnatural condition of calving. When 

 calf is born the naval cord should be tied two inches from the body with a string 

 soaked in UmbiHcure ; the naval cord should then be cut about four inches from the 

 body, Umbilicure should be applied three times daily to the naval cord until it dries 

 up and drops ofi. This will prevent calf from becoming infected with naval diseases. 

 The calf should be allowed to remain with the cow three or four days. Important in 

 connection with this article is the article of Naval Diseases in Calves. 



See Prescription No. 16, page 174. 



Casting the Withers — Or Expulsion of the Womb. 



This is a weakness which sometimes follows calving. The first sign is that of 

 straining, and later the presence of part or the whole of the womb. In this case the 

 womb should be placed upon a blanket ; if the cow is lying down, which she usually 

 is, wash off thoroughly with the Antisepto Solution ; after doing this the womb may 

 be done up in a sheet dipped in the Antisepto Solution and held up by an attendant, 

 while the operator carefully pushes it back into its place. It must not only be 

 placed back, but the full length of the arm must be inserted, so that it turns the 

 horns of the womb back into the natural position, and, unless this is done, the cow 

 will continue to strain. 



To prevent the cow from expelling it again, she should be placed upon a plank 

 door four feet wide and six feet long, with laths nailed across to prevent her feet 

 from slipping when she stands upon it. The end of the door on which the hind 

 parts are should be raised from six to eighteen inches, and she should be compelled 

 either to lie down or stand up on this door until all straining ceases and she fully 

 recovers, usually requiring from one to three days. During this time her bowels 

 should be kept loose with Laxotonic and her appetite kept up with Cow Tonic. 



See Prescription No. 18, page 174. 



