DISEASES OF SHEEP AND GOATS 201 



appears to happen in certain seasons. The disease is 

 liable to affect a large proportion of animals which are 

 under the same grazing conditions. 



Symptoms: Generally takes two or three days to 

 develop. The animal gradually becomes more or less 

 unconscious and paralyzed, staggers when forced to 

 walk, and it may have great difficulty in keeping on its 

 feet, it is extremely averse to going down, and leans for 

 support against any convenient object. It breathes in a 

 snorting manner. The mucous membranes are tinged 

 with yellow, and the bowels constipated. In other cases 

 severe diarrhoea follows, and the animal becomes very 

 weak and dies in convulsions or spasms. Becovery may 

 be expected in cases that are not marked by severe 

 symptoms. 



Treatment : Endeavor to find out the true cause and 

 remove it if possible. Change range or pasture for a 

 short time ; this has successfully eradicated this malady. 

 The animal showing the above symptoms should receive 

 four to eight ounces of Castor Oil regardless of whether 

 there is diarrhoea or constipation. In either case the 

 irritation will be relieved by its laxative effect. In cases 

 where diarrhoea becomes chronic, after administering 

 the Castor Oil, the following will be found very efficient 

 in its control : Protan, three ounces ; Ginger, one ounce ; 

 Gum Catechu, two ounces. Make into sixteen powders 

 and place one powder well back on the tongue every four 

 or six hours. Feed clean, wholesome food and supply 

 clean, fresh water to drink. Provide shelter for the 

 animal if the weather is hot. 



GARGET 



(Congestion and Inflammation of the Udder) 



Cause: As a rule, in Garget or Congestion of the 

 TJdder in heavy milking ewes, just before and after 

 lambing, the glands of the udder enlarge, become hot, 



