CALF SCOURS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1797, 9 July 1913, Page 10

CALF SCOURS.

DIET THE CHIEF CAUSE.. ' Dirt is tho .chief cause of calf scours, as filthy, poorly-lighted, and badly-ven-tilated-quarters harbour disease germs in great numbers. Sometimes calf scours occur in contagious form, and then only iprompt measures will prevent serious ■'losses.' ' . At the College of Agriculture of the University , of Wisconsin, special precautions' are taken -against scours. Not only lute the calves kept in. well lighted and otherwise sanitary quarters, but they aro led regularly until four weeks old on two to six pounds of their mothers' milk three times daily.; Care 4s'taken to have'the itemperaturo of the milk a3 near that of Ireshly drawn milk as possible, and to ■keep tho feeding pail clean. j "In spite of nil precautions," ' states Professor G. I C. Humphrey, "we now nnd then .have cases of scours among, our calves.. For the past two years we have successfuly treated such cases as follow 9! lAs toon as symptoms appear, two to four tablespoonfula of castor oil are mixed with one-half j)int of milk and given to the calf. -This is; followed nr four to six Oiours by one teaspoonful of a mixture of. ■one part salol and two parts sub-nitrate of bismuth. This dose can also be given with one-half pint; of. now .milk, or the powder can be placed on the -tonguo and .washed down by a small amount of milk. "The salol and suknitrate-of bismuth 'can be secured , froni l any druggist, mixed lin-the proper proportions 'at tne time of •purchase, aiid thus the jww'der-will be fTeadily. available Jor 'use at any timp. As ; an additional precaution . against conta'igious scours it-is'advised..thifc the.navel, of the new-born calf be ;n;etted with a 1 .to 500 solution of -bi-ch!orido of-mercury (corrosive sublimate)." "V" '