Show DISEASES OF CALF most common trouble of young animals Is diarrhea CONDITION HINDERS GROWTH ailment Is result of disturbance of digestive ve A apparatus ratus N umber number of preparations are used for its treatment prepared by the united states department of agriculture diarrhea ur or scours cours fr Is probably the most common disease of fi galvos alve great rare ire inest be taken liken lit at till all huns to proc vent tills this condition its as it always hinders the growth and development of tut lur and in III addition Is often 1 annl ian I 1 I 1 to 0 cure T alila I 1 s disease sense Is the result of disturbance of the digestive ap par titus tui of tile culf calf und mid may ho be caused in 11 number of ways tho the more important of which tire aru tile alio following irregular regu ar feeding overfeeding over feeding sudden hidden changa ch illige of feed rd fermented feeds feeding dirty or sour milk or milk of d als 18 ea wd cows the use anso of dirty milk palls or feed boxes loica and dump dirty stables As soon na its scours la Is discovered it Is best to separate tho the affected calf froni from tile ali others till ind carefully disinfect tile pen len tit alio e feed should IQ be reduced tin at least one half nilla palls clea cleaties tied and sterilized feed boxes clea cleaned tied and infected disinfected dis and anny other caus mentioned abono eliminated treating disease I 1 A number of preparations are used to treat tient tills this disease a n few of tho the more common of which are blood meal it teaspoonful nt at a feed white of egg eg Ilme water etc A doso boso of four drop of nf formally formal lp to 0 each quart of milk lins has been used to advantage and a drench of f three ounces of castor oil followed iv I 1 by a teaspoonful spoonful ten cn of a mix mixture tire of one part salol and two of of hisil luth also fg recommended ordinary white clay mixed with water to ilie consistency of thick crenin cream and then given in loses of n quarter or even halt half it II pint throe three times it lay day has been use lined recently with etli excellent effect white scours white scours scour or infectious dysentery of tile lie calf generally affects a number of calves call 3 in 1 n I lot and first appears shortly after birth its as it diarrhea with light colored or asive droppings during tho the course lif ii tills this disenso llie tiso tile the calf to sleep all tile time little and cannot bo be induced to suck buck or ill drink ink it Is ft also very enuch weak nied by lie alio dIsei disenso tso and usually dies three or four days As far na lio lie department knows there Is no method of curing the alisea disease st ordinary white clay mixed with wa ter to the consistency of thick crenin cream und given in ili doses of a quarter or liven even half it pint three L luy lay ling been found to ile he very mry valuable Milun blo jurers ot of biological products pio ducts however tire now selling it a potent strum they claim to obe bo effective in loth both prevention unil und cure I 1 prevention consists tit in the use of sanitary precautions ns clean Iti in dry and dis infected pens for calving cabins and of the navel of tho the calf at birth paint painting log tile the cora boril with tincture turo of iodine und tying I 1 it t etli tit silk As aa thin tham disease ilsc nir la Is of so sn merlou a character that lint it may tile tho loss or of it u seasons crop of calves tho the details tor for the control of nn art outbreak should ile bo ro ferrod to tle the santi live iho stock or to it ltd fled veterinarian in tile community |