Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 2 (of 5)Law, James
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Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 2 (of 5)
Law, James
Veterinary medicine
_Prevention._ The first object must be to destroy the infection, and the
second to obviate the susceptibility of the young animal. The clearing
away of all accumulations of litter, filth, and even fodder from the
stable proper, including the stalls where the dams lie, should be
followed by a thorough whitewashing or disinfection, with sulphate of
copper or of iron, or even mercuric chloride, (1:500.) If the disease
has already appeared in a stable the calves should be penned singly to
avoid the possibility of infection through sucking each others navels.
In all cases an antiseptic (tannin, carbolic acid) should be applied to
the navel of the new born. The food of the dam and nurse should be
nutritive and free from any suspicion of mustiness or decomposition, and
when possible the calf should be allowed to draw its own milk from the
teat. When this cannot be allowed, artificial feeding should be
surrounded by all the safeguards, named under acute indigestion of
calves.
_Treatment._ Cadeac strongly recommends ½ oz. common salt daily with the
food, or alcohol ¾ oz., or a strong infusion of coffee mixed with the
milk. Lenglen advises quinoa in the form of tincture, ½ to 1 oz.
McGillivray sulphate of soda. Tincture of chloride of iron 30 drops in
an ounce of water with each meal would be an excellent resort.
_Locally_ antiseptics are our main reliance. Naphthol, naphthalin,
salicylic acid, or salicylate of soda, may be applied directly to the
diseased mucous membrane. Tincture of chloride of iron in water (1:2) is
one of the best agents (James). Carbolic acid 1 drachm in 6 oz. water,
and 1 oz. alcohol has been used safely and with excellent results
(Lenglen). Like most other antiseptics, however, this latter must be
used with caution as regards the amount. No actively poisonous
antiseptic is admissible. The antiseptic should be swabbed over the
whole interior of the mouth after each meal.
In case of deep gangrenous masses excision and antiseptics are demanded.
ULCERATIVE STOMATITIS IN LAMBS AND KIDS.
Causes: Accessory, locality, youth, debility, unsuitable food, impure
air, parasitism, contagion. Bacteria. Symptoms: difficult sucking,
frothing, salivation, buccal redness and swelling, white, softened
patches, suppuration, granulation, fœtor, emaciation, debility, bowel
symptoms, respiratory. Duration. Treatment: Artificial feeding,
antisepsis, disinfection, mild caustics, etc.
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