98 SHEEP DISEASES. 



Treatment: Driving the band through a trough 

 containing several inches of copper sulphate solu- 

 tion one pound to a gallon of water usually 

 results in improvement. The worst infected feet 

 should be trimmed with a sharp knife before treat- 

 ing. Pure Balsam of Peru is an excellent local 

 application where there is much gangrene. 



18. Septicemia. 



Blood poisoning; pyemia. 



This is a term used when invading organisms 

 of the pus or coli communis type enter the cir- 

 culatory system, and cause such specific diseases 

 as navel-ill in the lamb (page 133) or septic me- 

 tritis (page 142) in the ewe, which see. 



