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Symptoms: Dullness; loss of appetite and ru- 

 mination; doughy feeling in the flank, the rumen 

 seeming to be of the consistency of a mass of 

 dough. 



Treatment: Give one-quarter pound Epsom salt 

 in a quart or so of lukewarm water, to which can 

 be added several drams of aromatic spirits of 

 ammonia or fluid extract ginger. The triple sul- 

 phocarbolates are also useful in this condition 

 where there is much gas. 



5. Grass Staggers. 



Fardel bound; drying up; stag gens. 



Impaction of the third stomach (the omasum or 

 manyplies) is a very fatal condition and treat- 

 ment has proven to be of little value. Upon 

 autopsy, the spaces between the leaves of this 

 stomach will be found packed full of dried ma- 

 terial, and the mucous membranes nearly black. 



Treatment: Large doses of salts, together with 

 pilocarpin, may do some good and are worth try- 

 ing, but the prognosis should be grave. When 

 delirium is present, perhaps slaughter is the most 

 humane thing that one can do. 



6, Constipation. 



Impaction; clog ; twist, wool balls. 



In adult sheep this often occurs from dry pas- 

 ture and insufficiency of succulent food and water. 

 Timothy hay will also cause this condition, even 

 with plenty of salt and water. In lambs, wool 

 balls is a frequent cause. 



