The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-17
Answers BY the Veterinarian
Scours IN Calves
Dr. A. s, Aierander
Wisconsin College eJ Horticulture

SC0UFS IN Co|PGS
\MHAT causes the form OF scours wh'ch
wv kills calves OF but a few days old? II
is INFECTIOUS, for calf gives 1t. TO others
and the trouble stays in an affected barn lot
years 1t cannot be due to the feed. for the
calves suck their dams at birth and tako
the scours almost st once. No cure has
been found here The calf bloats ana ltS
eyes sink into its head Immediately after
BIRTH How can this disease be prevented!
H. T.. Kansas.
Rcply.-The description gives good idea
of the complaint known as calf cholera and
It is Infectious as suggested, being due to
the mlcrobc known bacillus coll COM
n,unis" "Colibacillosls" is the technical name
of the disease and suggests the cause. The
'colI" germ Is naturally present In the ntes-
tines OF animals and only seems TO do harm
when it gains entrances TO the blood circula-
ton by way OF an abroded intestinal lining
membrane or u introduced by way Of the
mouth may In certain conditions, cause the
infectious disease I'm question. The disease rs
purely one OF an infested promises and the
FIRST step to prevent It must be In maintain
ing perfect cleanliness in the stables 1snd
calf pens. Abandon any old. dirty drink pen
where the disease has been. Provide new.
clean fresh bcdded whitcwashed pen into
which sun and air enter freely AT birth
solution Of coal tar disinfectant and wet it's
navel with n 1-5Oo solution OF corrosive sub
Innate. Before the csdf Is allowed 10 suck
for the FIRST time fash out the vagina OF
the dam with a gallon of lukcwarm half of
per cent solution of permanGunatc of potash
and repeat this once daily for a week OF
longer. Wash the tail. thighs and udder oil
the COW with l per cent solution OF lySol.
carbolic acid or coal tar disinfectant and
then rinse off with warm water before the
calf is allowed TO suck for the FIRST time
and repeat this washing twice daily until
danger is past. Prevent the cows uddcr
from at any time coming In contact with
filthy floors or yards. If this is attended TO
there VIII be little likelihood of infection.
There always is the bare possibility, how
ever, that the contamination VIII occur in
tho vagina while the calf Is passing out of
the body Sometimes the vagina Ia invaded
by or the habitat of the CauSativc germs and
they may possibly get Into the calfs mouth
ing Will occur despite tho adoption Of the
precautionary measures suggested. but being
slight, may respond to treatment For this
form OF scours inject into the rcctum freely
every four hours a quart of lukcwarm Slip
perry elm bark tea containing diam of coal
tar dlsinfectanL BY the mouth give a physlo
composed of equal parts of sweet oil and cas-
tor oil shakon up in warm milk. Do not use
boiled milk on any account II tends to In
duce infection by way OF the intestinal tract
Following the physIc give two or three times
q day one two teaSpoonfuls OF n mixture
of one part OF salol and two parts of sub
nitrate OF bismuth. and II the calf is weak
also give one tablespoonful OF best brandy
In water two or three times day. Use dis
in(ectants freely about the stable and Isolate
each securing calf