PROGRESSIVE SHEEP RAISING 



Stomach The two most common internal 



Worms troubles we have to deal with in sheep 



are the stomach worm and the nodular 

 disease. These are hard to cure, but rather easy to 

 prevent if one goes about it in the right way. The 

 stomach worm is dropped on the pasture in the feces, 

 and in that way scattered through the entire flock. If 

 it once infects a pasture, the pasture should be rotated 

 about every year or two, and necessary remedies applied 

 to clear the flock of the disease. 



If the skin about the eyes and mouth is thin and pale 

 and paper-like, the lambs very likely are infested with 

 this worm. The treatment is a tablespoonful each of 

 gasoline and raw linseed oil in about six ounces of cow's 

 milk for a lamb, and half as much again for a sheep. 

 Three doses must be given to effect a cure one a day 

 for three days on an empty stomach. See Kleinheinz' 

 "Sheep Management," page in. The rotation of 

 pastures is imperative. 



Nodular The nodular disease is indicated by 



Disease a cou gh> a drooping head, and thriftless 



orgreaseless wool. Lambs become thin 

 and shiftless, and the ewes lose weight and fail to respond 

 to feeds. Medicines are not effective and cleanliness and 

 rotation are necessary together with a thinning of the flock 

 till all the disease is gone. 



Treating Constipation is indicated by strain- 



Internal m & an< ^ distress in the attempt to pass 



Diseases feces> or dung- In J ections of luke ~ 



warm, soapy water should be given, and 



it will help if a tablespoonful of castor oil or milk of mag- 

 nesia (hydroxid of magnesia) is given. 



White scours in lambs are caused by digestive disorder 

 which usually result from mistakes in feeding the ewe, 

 and hence are to be avoided largely by giving the ewe 

 clean, wholesome feed and not changing the ration ab- 



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