SECTION XV. 



DISEASES OF THE ORGANS 

 OF LOCOMOTION. 



1. Rheumatism. 



Cause: Usually damp quarters; exposure; 

 chills, or watery food. 



This is a very rare trouble in sheep but some- 

 times appears as an enzootic due to the causes 

 enumerated above. 



Symptoms: Sometimes in the first stage, a very 

 high temperature is recorded, with labored respi- 

 ration and stiffness of the gait. This causes the 

 trouble to be very difficult to correctly diagnose 

 on account of the similarity of symptoms found 

 in pneumonia, poisons, and acute infectious dis- 

 eases. 



Treatment: Removal of the exciting causes, to- 

 gether with hygienic care. Twenty-grain doses of 

 potassium iodid or ten-grain doses sodium salicyl- 

 ate several times daily may prove beneficial. 



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