PARASITIC AND OTHER DISEASES. 



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How to know it. — There will l)e tenderness and weakness about the 

 ioins ; the bellv will be swollen and enlarged ; the eyes yel- 

 low as in jaundice ; and if the skin be rubbed back and forth, 

 when taken up between the thumb and fingers, it is soft 

 and flabby, with a crackling sensation. 



What to do. — If there is diarrhcea, a weak heart beat, and 

 general stui)or, remove the shoop to a high dry pasture, or 

 to well ventilated airy })laces, as the case may be. Prepare 

 the following : 



No. 15. }£ Pound sulphate of magnesia. 



6 Dracluns oil of turpentine. 



Mix the magnesia sulphate with three half joints of water, 

 add the turpentine and give one-third of it every two days, 

 shaking the bottle before using. 



Follow the above with the tonic : 



No. 16. 40 Pounds oat meal, 



4 Pounds powdered gentian or anise seed, 

 4 Pounds common salt, 

 1 Pound sulphate of iron, 

 Mix. 



Give half a pint to each sheei) once a day for a week : then wait three 



weeks and repeat. Remove the 



sheep to high dry pasture or salt 



marsh, both being poisonous to the 



fluke. Do not put the sheep in a 



wet iDasture, for there they only 



sow the seed to perpetuate the 



trouble. 



VIII. Lung Worms. 



Causes. — This disease is caused by the presence of worms (Stronffi/lus 

 Fila7'ia), which are usually found in the wind-pipe, and hionchial tubes 

 and sometimes in the lungs. 



How to know it. — There will be a 

 husky cough ; quickened breathing ; 

 loss of appetite and flesh ; and the 

 sheep will rub its nose on the ground ; 

 there may be dysentery with foetid 



evacuations. Examine the mouth and throat, and also the stools, for in- 

 dications of the worms. Prepare the following: 



No. 17. 6 Ounces sulphate of magnesia, 



4 Ounces nitrate of potash, 

 4 Ounces sulphur, 

 4 Ounces sulphate of iron, 

 Mix. 



DISTOMUM LANCEOLATUM. 



STRONGYLUS FILARIA, MALE ENLARGED. 



