134 SHEEP DISEASES. 



107 degrees Fahrenheit. The stump of the cord 

 assumes a purplish color, and Wharton's jelly be- 

 comes tinged with pus. Sometimes, the joints be- 

 come enlarged. Later, a copious diarrhea sets in, 

 followed by an intense cachcxia and death. 



Treatment: Where a number of lambs are af- 

 fected, the logical thing to do, of course, is to 

 remove the whole band to another place, and, if 

 the weather be suitable, to allow the ewes to lamb 

 in the open. 



The pus may be squeezed out of the umbilicus 

 of the affected lamb and hydrogen peroxid in- 

 jected, to be followed by tincture of iodin, tur- 

 pentine, chinosol, pix-cresol, lysol, or any of the 

 coal tar preparations. Carbolic acid is not as 

 good as other less coagulating antiseptics. Oil of 

 eucalyptus is excellent. 



Internally, the lamb may be given twenty grains 

 of the triple sulphocarbolates mixed in a raw egg, 

 three times a day. A tablespoonful castor oil is 

 also beneficial to correct the weakening diarrhea. 

 Stimulants, antiferments, intestinal antiseptics 

 and tonics, such as echinacea, all have their use. 



The chances of successful treatment in lambs 

 that show the typical symptoms are not very good, 

 and a grave prognosis should be given. In the 

 treatment of valuable animals, bacterins may be 

 used. 



5. Non-Contagious Diarrhea. 



This is usually due to some disturbance of the 

 mother's health, or to the decomposition of food 

 in the stomach of the new-born. Chills, cold, 



