336 THE VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



DIARRHGEA. 



Causes. — Sometimes from a chill, or from the milk not agree- 

 ing with it. 



Symptoms. — The lamb will often pass a watery manure from 

 the anus, and the tail and hind legs soon gets wet and sticky. 

 The lamb will not suck and seems quite dull, and soon becomes 

 very weak if the diarrhoea is not checked. 



Treatment. — Give a teaspoonful of whisky and one of castor 

 oil in a tablespoonful of its mother's milk, mix and shake well and 

 pour it down with a small spoon. If not relieved in four hours, 

 give five drops of tincture of laudanum and a teaspoonful of 

 whisky mixed in a tablespoonful of the ewe's milk. Give this with 

 a spoon, being careful not to choke the lamb ; repeat this dose 

 every four hours until the diarrhoea is checked, also be sure and 

 keep the lamb in a warm, comfortable place until it is all right. 

 As well as attending to the lamb in those cases, see that the 

 mother's bag is kept milked out so it will not become inflamed. 



FOOT ROT IN SHEEP. 



In some parts of the country this is a very common disease 

 and resembles foul in the foot in cattle 



Causes. — ^This disease is sometimes brought on from the feet 

 growing too long and splitting up and setting up inflammation in 

 the feet. Sometimes when they are pasturing on a low, damp 

 pasture from continually getting the feet wet, it irritates the 

 foot and sets up the disease. It may be caused from the sheep 

 walking through mud or dirty places, and the mud or dirt getting 

 up between the trotters and getting hard, which irritates the foot 

 and sets up the disease. In some localities this disease is of an in- 

 fectious nature, that is to say, where the matter from the feet of an 

 aff"ected sheep gets on another sheep's feet it will set up the disease. 



Symptoms. — The sheep are lame and stiff when walking, and 

 if the disease runs on the feet will swell and little boils will form 

 around the top of the hoof, which break and run matter, and the 

 sheep will become exceedingly lame. If the disease is allowed to 

 run on for a time, the hoofs become loose and fall off", and the 

 sheep will then die from exhaustion. When one sheep becomes 

 affected, the same cause will usually affect more; so you see it is 

 advisable to try and find out the cause and remove it, for the 

 same cause that brings it on in one sheep is likely to bring it on. 

 in all of them. 



