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Scanty Urine Rams and wethers may have trouble in making 

 water. Give from one-half to one ounce sweet spirits of nitre; 

 put pinch of powdered salt-petre in feed for several days. Do 

 not feed mangels. 



Stone in the Bladder This is another ailment of lambs and weath- 

 ers. Like goitre it seems to be largely confined to certain sec- 

 tions of country. There is no positive cure for this ailment. 

 Mangels cause it, and aggrevate mild cases, so they should not 

 be fed in any great quantity. 



Stomach Worms There are many kinds of stomach worms. Usu- 

 ally though the term is applied to the strongylus contortus, 

 among lambs, one of, if not the most fatal of all internal para- 

 sites. An effective remedy is benzine or gasoline given in 

 sweet milk for three consecutive days. A dose is from tea- 

 spoonful to tablespoonful according to age of lamb. Add to 

 each dose about half glass of sweet milk. Shake well together. 

 Shut lambs up over night so as to give on empty stomach. 

 Have assistant set lamb on rump when you give the medicine. 

 And be sure he holds head in natural position for the posture, 

 otherwise strangulation may result. See chapter on Parasites. 



Ticks Use any of the standard dips as directed. 



Tape Worm At times and in some localities this worm proves very 

 destructive. Ordinarily though a few tape worms seem to be 

 a necessary accompaniment of a lamb's growth and do no harm. 

 If numerous they can be expelled with any recognized vermifuge, 

 such as powdered araca nut in one to two dram doses on empty 

 stomach. Follow in -from twelve to twenty-four hours with a 

 cathartic. Pumpkins are good, as the seeds act as vermifuge. 



