192 SHEEP DISEASES. 



3. Larkspur. 



Botanical name Delphinum. 



This does not cause so much loss among sheep 

 as among cattle. There are many varieties, all 

 more or less poisonous. The tall larkspur grows 

 to a height of nearly four feet, with very smooth 

 leaves and blue flowers. Purple larkspur grows 

 nearly a foot high, bearing very beautiful purple 

 flowers. 



Its habitat is in the western range country, but 

 it is not thickly distributed. 



Symptoms: The animal walks with a stiff, 

 trembling gait. Frothing at the mouth is noticed, 

 and the victim makes a start for the nearest water- 

 ing place, but often dies before reaching it. The 

 fact that many animals have been found dead 

 around a water hole has set up the mistaken cry 

 that the water was poisoned. 



Treatment: Largely preventive. When the 

 animal is found poisoned, place its head higher 

 than the body. Carefully give the potassium per- 

 manganate and aluminum sulphate drench. One- 

 twentieth of a grain of atropin may be given hypo- 

 dermically. For lambs, reduce this dosage accord- 

 ingly. 



4. Lupine. 



Botanical name Lupinus. 

 Common names Wild pea; wild bean; blue 

 bean. 



There are several dozen varieties of lupine, all 

 are legumes or members of the pea family, the 



