116 SHEEP DISEASES. 



Symptoms: Loss of appetite; "humped up" 

 appearance; attempts to defecate; colicky pains; 

 and hard masses of feces in the rectum. 



Treatment: For a sheep of ordinary size, that 

 is not too "far gone", one may attempt treatment. 

 Four ounces Epsom salt dissolved in a quart of 

 water, to which is added one-half ounce of fluid 

 extract of dioscorea to prevent griping, may be 

 given several times daily for several days. An 

 enema, containing half an ounce of glycerin, is 

 always useful. Laxative food, such as whole oats 

 and bran, equal parts, should be given when the 

 animal regains its appetite. Do not give too much 

 treatment, or the animal may "die getting well." 



In suckling lambs, give the ewe a tablespoonful 

 of sodium hyposulphite per day. The lamb may 

 be given one or two ounces of castor oil, together 

 with an enema. 



7* Colic. 



8 tret dies; betty-aclie. 



In sheep this condition usually arises from eat- 

 ing spoiled forage, frozen roots or mild poisons. 



Symptoms: The animal stretches out so far that 

 it appears "sway-backed," hence the term, 

 * ' stretches. ' ' It lies down and then gets up again, 

 and appears to be in great pain. 



Treatment: In sheep, one-half ounce each of 

 fluid extract dioscorea and sweet spirit of nitre 

 given in a little water has been found to be useful. 

 In cases of much fermentation, thirty grains of 

 the sulphocarbolates, with a drachm of fluid ex- 



