The fcoofc of the Goat 



offensive; the creature becomes weak and emaciated, and 

 generally refuses food. This disease may be brought on 

 by the goat eating decayed and decomposed vegetables, or 

 by irregular feeding, or may follow neglected diarrhoea. 

 The animal must be kept warm in the stable, and have a 

 good bed of straw and plenty of hay. If it refuse the 

 hay, as it probably will if very ill, gruel must be adminis- 

 tered to it. In the way of physic, Jdr. of rhubarb with 

 i oz. of Epsom salts, or 2 oz. of linseed oil with 2gr. of 

 opium in half-a-pint of linseed tea, must be given to clear 

 the bowels, and then the following mixture to act as an 

 astringent : Prepared chalk, i oz. ; powdered catechu, 

 Joz. ; ditto ginger, 2dr. ; ditto opium, Jdr. ; peppermint 

 water, half-a-pint. Mix these ingredients well together, 

 and give from one to two teaspoonfuls twice a day, 

 shaking the bottle previously. Afterwards a tonic com- 

 posed of powdered gentian .and ginger, commencing with 

 Jdr. of the former and isc. of the latter, and terminating 

 with four times these proportions, given in water, is valu- 

 able to restore and strengthen the system. 



Foot-lto*. 



When kept on low, wet ground, goats are liable, 

 like sheep, but less frequently, to attacks of this disease, 

 in which the hoof outgrows its natural proportions, not 

 having that friction which on rocks and hard ground wears 

 down the horn as it forms. The outer portions of the 

 hoof outgrowing the inner parts, or frog, the former 

 extend over the latter, which becomes soft, cracks, and 

 lets in dirt and sand ; these penetrate to the quick, causing 

 great irritation and often ulceration. Inflammation having 

 set in, the coronet swells, and portions or sometimes even 

 the whole of the hoof become disorganised and break 

 away. 



If taken in time this disease may be treated success- 



