Nocard confines his instructions to the antisepsis of parturition and of the offspring:
“Cows ready to calve should be provided with dry and clean bedding until after the birth of the calf.”
“As soon as labor sets in, the vulva, anus and perineum should be cleaned with a tepid solution of lysol in rain water: 20 grammes of lysol to each litre of water. The vagina should also be cleansed by injecting with a large syringe a great quantity of the same solution tepid.”
“As far as possible the calf should be received on a clean cloth or on a thick fresh bedding, not soiled by urine or fæces.”
“The cord should be tied immediately after birth, with a ligature kept in a lysol solution, and the cord amputated below the ligature.”
“The stump of the cord and the umbilicus should be washed with the following solution:
| Rain water | 1 litre. |
| Iodine crystals | 2 grammes. |
| Potassium iodide | 2 grammes.” |
“The disinfection of the umbilicus and cord should be completed by coating them with
| Methylic alcohol | 1 litre. |
| Iodine crystals | 2 grammes.” |
“When the alcohol has evaporated the cord and umbilicus should be covered with a thick layer of iodine collodion (1 per cent.) applied with a brush. When the collodion has dried the calf may be left to the care of the dam.”