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SCOURING-ROT. 
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It is not uncommon for calves at the time of weaning to 
be affected with diarrhoea, which at this tender age should 
be stopped by 
Prepared chalk . . 2 ounces, 
Gruel composed of flour and 
milk ... 1 quart; 
to be given every six hours, until the symptoms are arrested. 
But if in two days evident signs of a cure are not visible, 
to the above must be added a drachm of powdered ginger, 
and one drachm of laudanum. 
SCOTJRING-ROT. 
Symptoms. —This is a dangerous malady, and sometimes 
is very deadly. Long-continued purging induces loss of 
flesh and general weakness ; and so reduced is the muscular 
fibre, in many instances, that the skin may be seen hanging 
like a loose garment about their bodies. In other instances 
the animal is hide-bound ; the hair changes its colour to 
sandy or grey; the eyes grow pale; they eject a thin and 
slimy matter ; and their pulse is weak and irregular : 
the excrements often change colour, more particularly 
in the earlier stages of the complaint. In the more ad¬ 
vanced stages of the malady, the fasces appear like food half- 
masticated, as it passes through the stomach and intestines 
without undergoing the ordinary digestive process. If the 
animal is pressed on either side of the spine, immediately 
behind the shoulders, after a long continuance of scouring- 
rot, it will manifest symptoms of suffering much pain. 
When this is the case, it may be inferred that the animal 
has become unsound, or tainted, and the chances against 
his recovery are exceedingly small. The excrements in the 
advanced stage are of a dark colour, with a frothy appear¬ 
ance, and the smell exceedingly offensive. 
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