SCOUR IN CALVES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1569, 12 October 1912, Page 8

SCOUR IN CALVES.

>! METHOD OF PREVENTION. ' A farmer irlio has lost a good many calves through scour in tho past few years is given tho following advice by tho veterinary expert of tho "Farmers' .Union Advocate," from whom ho sought .advice:— You are not likely to prevent 1 this trouble by using a lick, or any other medicinal form of treatment. But you can prevent it by using care and common Bcnso. Observe the following rules and 3'on will havo little or no trouble: — (1) Elm the calves on clean ground, as dry as possible, and especially avoid running them in a paddock where calves have previously suffered from scouring and have died. . (2) Do not let tho calves lave the chance of drinking stagnant water, swamp ■water, or, if possible, surface water of any kind. (3) Feed them well. If using separated milk or whey, see that-it is first pasteurised—that is, heated to a temperature of not less than 176 degrees Fahr. (4) Do not store surplus separated milk .or whey in dirty barrels, or any other ■receptacle which is- not perfectly clean. r (5) Always make sure that the trough, ■buckets,-or other vessels from which the calves are fed aro perfectly clean before . the feed is placed in them. ■ .