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uniisually dark and there is great thirst present. The 

 gait is weak and the animal lies down more than nsual 

 and while doing so frequently has its head around resting 

 on the side of its chest. Temperature is slightly elevated 

 above normal and breathing is somewhat hurried. 



Tkeatment: Remove the cause if possible. Give 

 Glauber Salts in three to four ounce doses, diluted in a 

 pint of hot water permitted to cool and give at one dose. 

 When drenching be very careful, as some of the liquid 

 may escape into the lungs and produce severe complica- 

 tions. Feed green food or hot bran mashes and supply 

 them with a liberal quantity of pure water to drink. 



LIVER FLUKE 



Cause: The parasite that produces Liver Fluke in 

 sheep has an oblong, flat, leaf-like body, brownish in 

 color, measuring from one-fourth to one-half inch in 

 length. Sheep become infected with this Liver Fluke 

 from grazing on low marshy pastures infected by the 

 larvae of Liver Fluke. 



Symptoms: A sheep, when first infected with Liver 

 Fluke, generally thrives as the parasites tend to stimulate 

 the process of digestion, being located as they are in 

 the liver, but eventually rumination becomes irregular, 

 the sheep becomes anemic, weak and the visible mucous 

 membranes of the mouth, nose and eyes become pale, 

 bloodless, taking on a yellowish color as the disease pro- 

 gresses. Swellings will also appear under the jaw along 

 the neck and under the lung cavity. The process of 

 breathing becomes feeble and temperature irregular. 

 Pregnant ewes will generally abort and nursing ewes' 

 milk will become so deprived of its nourishing properties 

 that the lambs become emaciated, although not neces- 

 sarily affected with the Liver Fluke. -^ 



Prevention: Move to non-infected pastures, supply 

 the animals grazing on low marshy pastures with a 

 liberal amount of salt, also introduce frogs, toads, carp. 



