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On Soleh's farm, there are many cows and a large number of calves are born in one season. This year most of the calves develop abscesses on the navel. Soleh wants his animals treated so they can recover and wants to know why so many of this animals developed the problem this year. He also wants to know what he can do to prevent it from happening again next year. Para-vet Ibu Putri, visited Pak Soleh's farm. She found that all the calves that had abscesses on the navel were born in a small yard that was very dirty. All the calves that were born out in paddocks on the grass were healthy. She concluded that calves born in the dirty yard were getting sick because the dirty environment was exposing them to bacterial infection soon after birth. She advisors Pak Soleh that cleaning the calving yard or calving cows in clean pasture will help to reduce the risk of abscess in the future.