White Scour — Crop-bound Fowls 277 
WHITE SCOUR 
This is a severe and often fatal diarrhea that attacks 
calves, and rarely lambs and colts. The disease may 
appear within a day or two after the calf is born, and 
often oceurs as a contagious disease, attacking all calves 
that are dropped for some time, especially during the 
winter or spring. The disease is caused by a germ 
that enters the calves’ system, in most cases through 
the navel. 
There is a severe diarrhea, which produces great 
weakness and general prostration. The eyes are 
sunken, the ears cold, and the mucous membrane of 
the mouth is cold and bloodless. The discharges from 
the bowels have an offensive odor. 
The cow should be placed at once in clean dry 
quarters, where no sick calves have been confined. As 
soon as the calf is dropped, the “cord” should be tied 
close to the navel, and both thoroughly wet with a 
solution of tincture of iodine, or a solution of one 
part of carbolic acid to five parts of water. Iodine 
usually gives the best results. Fresh milk, diluted one- 
third with lme-water, in which a teaspoonful of dried 
blood has been dissolved, should be given to the ealf 
in small quantities frequently. Where this disease oc- 
curs in buildings, all pregnant cows about to calve 
should be removed to uninfected quarters. 
CROP-BOUND FOWLS 
In the spring when chickens first roam and gather 
food for themselves, they are likely to swallow a large 
