Z3TZOOTIC DISEASES. 05 



tions of the heart are loud, so as to be heard on applying the ear 

 to the ribs; the poise is feeble, the appetite irregular, and a slight 

 cough exists, caused by the efforts to throw off the accumulating 

 and offending matter from the rungs. In time, the giands of the 

 body become loaded with the deposited matter; those of the throat 

 and neck, the parotid and snbmaxfllary, being most commonly 

 and extensively affected, and greatly swollen. The symptoms 

 gradually increase in intensity, and there is much fever and ema- 

 ciation, with discharge from the nose and eyes. The skin is tight 

 and pate, and the body appears almost free from blood, as in 

 anaemia. At this period there is no help for the animal, for death 

 is only a question of time. 



The treatment in the earlier stages is to administer some of the 

 preparations of iodine, such as the following : 



Iodide of Potassium 5 grains. 



OB 

 Iodide of Iron 10 grains. 



to be finely powdered and mixed with molasses, and placed on the 

 root of the tongue, so that it is swallowed. The above dose to be 

 given daily. The latter preparation is to be preferred. The 

 swellings may be robbed daily with iodine ointment Koscroro- 

 loos animal should be osed for breeding, as the disease Is heredi- 

 tary. High-bred sheep are the most sobject to this disease, and 

 ** in-and-in breeding" tends greatly to produce iL 



In some localities an enlargement of the glands of the neck, 

 similar to the disease known as yoitre in mankind, is frequent 

 amongst sheep. This is supposed, doubtless with reason, to be 

 caused by the water drank, as in such cases the removal of the 

 flock to distant pastures has led to the disappearance of the dis- 

 ease. The occurrence of the symptoms above described, however, 

 will be sufficient to indicate the true character of scrofula as dis- 

 tinguished from any accidental swelling of the glands. 



Droptg consists in the effusion of a watery or serous fluid in the 

 abdomen. It is accompanied with inflammation of the lining 

 membrane of the abdomen, the peritoneum, from which the fluid 

 is secreted. It is caused by feeding upon rank, succulent, watery 

 herbage, by which the blood is insufficiently nourished. A 

 change to dry food, or scanty but more nutritious pasture, allevi- 

 ates the disease at once. A cure is generally effected by the use 

 of diuretics, aperients, and tonics. The treatment will be the ad- 

 ministering of the following, or such others as may produce the 

 desired effect: 



