. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. SEPTIC^.MIA OF NEW-BOUN ANIMALS. 411 circulation. The administration of purgatives and internal antiseptics can, therefore, only prove illusory. On the other hand, prophylactic treatment is of the greatest value; all that is necessary is to prevent the umbilical cord from becoming infected. The great mortality, \Yliich causes such severe loss to breeders, is simply due to want of proper care of new-born animals. Even in carefully kept byres the mortality may be high, for the specific agent develops in litter contaminated with f
. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. SEPTIC^.MIA OF NEW-BOUN ANIMALS. 411 circulation. The administration of purgatives and internal antiseptics can, therefore, only prove illusory. On the other hand, prophylactic treatment is of the greatest value; all that is necessary is to prevent the umbilical cord from becoming infected. The great mortality, \Yliich causes such severe loss to breeders, is simply due to want of proper care of new-born animals. Even in carefully kept byres the mortality may be high, for the specific agent develops in litter contaminated with faecal matter, by lying on which young animals become fatally infected. To check or prevent this septicasmia in breeding establishments, it is merely necessary to take the same precaution as is taken in dealing with young children, , to apply an aseptic or antiseptic dressing to the stump of the cord after ligation. As soon as the young animal has been dried by the mother or by artificial means, a carefully boiled ligature is applied to the cord at a distance of about 1 inch from the umbilical ring. The portion of the cord below the ligature is snipped off, the remaining part is carefully washed with boiled water or boric solu- tion, and is surrounded with a mass of iodoform wool, kept in place by a bandage passed over the back. The cord will shrivel a little less rapidly than it would if exposed to the air, but will be protected from all infection. The young animal should be separated from the mother to prevent her from displacing the dressing by licking the parts. In a few days all danger is at an end. This method is very simple, and can be carried out even by the breeder and in an in- fected 'hjre. Nocard recommends the use of umbilical dressings con- taining collodion, and the practitioner can choose whichever method he pleases. In grave outbreaks involving large establishments, the byres should be rigorously disinfected, and it is sometimes well to segregate cows about'
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