S30 THE VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



bandage. Leave the bandage on until the sheep can walk on 

 the leg all right, then cut the bandage off. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE TESTICLES IN RAMS. 



This is sometimes seen in rams and is caused from an injury 

 of some kind, such as the bunt of another sheep or a kick of some 

 kind. 



Symptoms. — This disease is very painful. The ram walks 

 stiff; the bag will be swollen and sore to handle; he will not eat 

 much, and lays down most of the time to relieve the testicles as 

 much as possible. If the inflammation is allowed to run on the 

 bag and testicles will become blackened and mortified; it will 

 pass up the cords of the testicles into the belly and soon kill the 

 ram. 



Treatment. — As soon as the trouble is noticed, separate him 

 from the rest of the flock ; keep him in a quiet, cool place and 

 poultice the bag with a hot poultice of half linseed meal and bran, 

 change the poultice every three hours, and each time while chang- 

 ing the poultice bathe the bag with hot vinegar for a while before 

 applying the next poultice. If the ram is fat give the following : 



Epsom Salts J pound. 



Tincture of Laudanum ^ ounce, or 2 tablespoonfuls. 



Mix in half a pint of lukt warm water and give as a drench. 

 In cases where the bag festers and forms matter, which you can 

 tell by the fee! of it, you can tell when it is ready to open by feel- 

 ing for a soft spot in the bag, and as soon as you find the soft 

 spot lance it to let the matter out, and continue poulticing until all 

 the matter is drawn out and the ram seems better. After the 

 inflammation is pretty well out poultice only about half the time. 



;H0W to CASTRATE RAMS. 



Throw the ram down and have him held firmly, take a sharp 

 knife and make a cut lengthwise near the bottom of the bag so it 

 will not form a pocket afterwards, cut the hole large enough for 

 the testicle to slip out, as soon as the testicle is out you will 

 notice where the covering is attached at the back part of the 

 testicle, separate the covering from the testicle with your knife, 

 pull the testicle up three or four inches and tie a strong string 

 around the cord, tie it tight enough to stop the blood, 

 leaving the ends of the string four or five inches long so they will 

 hang out of the cut and not heal up in the bag, in a few 

 days they will rot off the end of the cord and drop out themselves; 



