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healthy part in the course of time, and drop off, then bathe well 

 with warm water and soap twice a day and apply white lotion 

 each time after bathing. As soon as it is healed up it is best to 

 fatten the ewe and butcher her. During treatment, feed well and 

 take extra care of her to keep her strength up until she gets 

 better. 



DISEASES OF YOUNG LAMBS. 



WEAKNESS. 



Causes. — Sometimes, where the ewes have been poorly fed, 

 not getting any grain, and has a couple of lambs, the Iambs will 

 naturally be weak and unable to stand, and seems very dumpish ; 

 or this weakness may be caused from a lamb coming on a cold 

 night and getting a chill; or where a ewe has bother lambing and 

 the lamb has to be pulled away. 



Treatment. — If it is a cold night, take the Iamb where it is 

 nice and warm, and give it a good rubbing until it is perfectly 

 dry, and pour down with a spoon the following : 



Whisky 1 teaspoonful. 



Mix in a tablespoonful of its mother's milk. Give this 

 amount every hour or two until it is strong enough to suck. 



CONSTIPATION. 



This is where the young lamb's bowels get stopped. 



Causes. — Sometimes from a Iamb getting cow's milk in its 

 full strength. Cow's milk should be weakened down about one- 

 third by adding water and sugar before giving it. It is noticed in 

 Iambs sometimes, when no causes can be given. 



Symptoms. — The lamb seems to be a little fuller at the sides 

 than natural, is dull in appearance and keeps straining occasional- 

 ly as if trying to pass something from the bowels — but nothing 

 comes. Soon it gets in pain and refuses to suck. 



Treatment. — Give the following : 



Raw Linseed Oil 1 tablespoonful. 



Whisky 1 teaspoonful. 



Mix this in a tablespoonful of the ewe's milk and pour it down 

 with a spoon once a day until the bowels seem all right. Give an 

 injection of half a teacup of luke warm water and a little soap into 

 the back bowel with a small syringe three times a day until the 

 bowels move, also keep the lamb good and warm. 



