1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3i5 
Ailing Animals. 
Scours in Calves. 
What can I do for calves from two to 
three days old that are taken very badly 
with scours? These calves are Guernseys, 
purebred, and grades from Jersey dams. 
1 have now lost four, while by their side 
stood calves from cows shipped in from 
Michigan, of no particular breed, which 
are all right. The bull is finely bred with, 
very nervous temperament. I nursed these 
calves as carefully as one would a little 
child, and still they died. They were large 
and seemingly strong when born. 
Pavilion, N. Y. f. w. c. 
I have never seen an epidemic of 
scours that could not be traced to filth 
or an unbalanced ration. If you are 
feeding bean fodder stop it at once. 
Breeders should be very careful in feed¬ 
ing the milk from a cow that tests high 
and that has a very nervous tempera¬ 
ment like the Guernsey. When the dis¬ 
ease is not widespread but isolated cases 
only occur it may be assumed to be a 
simple diarrhoea and is easily dealt with, 
but in your case it seems to be the in¬ 
fectious form. Feed your calves from 
the milk of the grade cows and if the 
trouble continues give the calves a tea¬ 
spoonful of lime water three times a day 
with one or two ounces of castor oil 
once a day. 
Simple Enteritis. 
My four-year-old cow died recently. She 
seemed to be in pain in her hind quarters. 
When let out of the stable she would stag¬ 
ger and lie down on her left side, acting 
like a horse with colic, and refusing to 
eat. She did not bloat, but coughed a few 
times. For two days before she died she 
did not seem to have any pain. What ailed 
the animal? R- D - 
New York. 
Inflammation of the bowels must be 
held to signify in a general way inflam¬ 
mation of all parts of the mucous mem¬ 
brane of the bowels, though in some 
forms of what may properly be termed 
enteritis we find that the mucous, mus¬ 
cular and serous coats of the bowels are 
involved, while in other cases only a 
limited portion of the mucous membrane 
of the bowels is affected. The cow may 
lie down and get up frequently; look 
around at her flank; raise her tail; paw 
with her front foot and strike at her ab¬ 
domen with her hind foot. After a time 
the symptoms of acute pain subside and 
the animal lies down but does not ap¬ 
pear to be free from pain, for it places 
its nose on the flank and does not eat 
or ruminate. Enteritis comes on sud¬ 
denly, and death takes place in from one 
to three days. 
Actinomycosis or Lumpy Jaw. 
I have a three-year-old Devon steer thqt 
has a little bunch coming on his jaw. 1 
think it is a bone wen, the result of a hook 
he got about three w’eeks ago. He is an 
extra fine animal and I would like to know 
whether there is any cure for him. What 
is the difference between lumpy jaw and 
bone wen? G. o. g. 
Norwich, Conn. 
Probably your steer has actinomy¬ 
cosis of the jawbone. Attention is first 
directed to the animal by a swelling or 
enlargement of the jawbone and the 
opinion expressed that the animal has 
received some severe injury which has 
been the starting point of the swelling. 
It is found, however, that when a blow 
or contusion is the starting point of such 
a swelling, it rarely if ever ulcerates, 
and that the continuous application of 
cold water checks the growth of a swell¬ 
ing, which is merely the result of me¬ 
chanical injury. In the disease we are 
now considering the application of cold 
water does not have the least influence 
in checking its progress. It is due to a 
germ, and the aim of treatment is to de¬ 
stroy the parasite, thereby arresting the 
growth of the swelling. The importance 
of early treatment will be understood 
when it is remembered that there is a 
rapid multiplication of the germs and 
this increase is attended with more dam¬ 
age to the tissues of the animal in which 
it is lodged. The only successful treat¬ 
ment is the use of iodide of potassium 
in full doses once or twice a day until 
improvement is noticed, when the dose 
may be gradually reduced as the swell¬ 
ing subsides. Give one-half drachm of 
iodide of potassium daily in one dose 
dissolved in a pint of water for about 10 
days. You may notice after giving the 
idodide a weeping of the eye and a scaly 
peeling of the skin. These symptoms 
never result in anything serious. As 
the animal begins to improve cut the 
iodide down. In addition to this treat¬ 
ment paint the part with iodine. 
Inflammation of Coffin Joint. 
My horse, eight years old, has a lameness 
in left front foot. After driving he seems 
to be quite sore. The hoof is narrower on 
that foot than on the other and is dry, 
hard and feverish. I bought the horse last 
Fall and noticed the lameness soon after. 
The shoes seemed to have been on for some 
time when I got him. Our veterinarian 
recommended having the foot fired, as the 
soreness was in side bones, foot was some¬ 
what contracted, and firing was the best 
remedy. Our hortse shoer said that a 
barred shoe with heel of hoof cut up high 
so toe and frog of foot rest on the shoe 
only, and the foot kept soft with wet clay 
would in time fix him all right. Which of 
the above is right, and what is your ad¬ 
vice? Horse is driven about 25 to 30 miles 
a week on an average. Weight 1,000 pounds. 
St. Clair, Mich. f. m. 
Your description points strongly to 
navicular trouble. If your horse has 
side bones that may be the difficulty, but 
I think from your description that it is 
navicular trouble. Have his shoes re¬ 
moved at once and the sole of the foot 
well cut out. The heel and toe should 
also be taken down. Place the horse’s 
foot in a pail of warm water every day 
for four or five hours. Follow this for 
a week, then put a good strong blister 
around the coronet. Repeat this blister 
every two weeks until four or five ap¬ 
plications have been made; after six 
months report results. Give the side 
bones a good blistering at the same time 
that you blister the coronet. 
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