582 MAXUAL OP MODERN FARRIERY. 



dressed with tar-ointmeut, and a rag rolled round it, and 

 the anointing to be repeated every second day. 



FOOT-ROT. 



Symptoms. — The earliest symptom of foot-rot is lameness, 

 after which a fetid discharge issues from between the claws, 

 and soon afterwards proud-flesh makes its appearance ; and 

 this is followed by a gangrenous or cancerous aspect of the 

 fleshy portions of the foot. 



Causes. — Wet, cold pasturage, is one of the chief causes 

 of this complaint ; and if the sheep are removed to a dis- 

 tance when the horn is still soft, the efiects oi travelling on 

 a hard road is almost certain to cause the rot. It is some- 

 times produced in a sheep-house, where a number of suck- 

 ling ewes are kept, from the heating nature of the dung, if 

 not frequently cleaned out. Sheep which are afflicted with 

 this disease frequently feed as well as when in good health ; 

 but notwithstanding this, they seldom thrive, and often 

 rapidly lose flesh, and more especially their fat, which no 

 doubt is caused by the copiousness of the discharge. 



Eemedies. — As soon as sheep are observed to go lame, 

 the feet should be inspected, and if afiected with this dis- 

 ease, the horn should be pared away, so as to permit the 

 matter to escape. Caustic remedies are found the most 

 effectual in foot-rot. Three recipes have been recommended 

 as efficacious in this disorder ; these are as follows : — 



NO. I. — mild recipe. 



Sulphate of copper . . 2 ounces ; 

 dissolved in twelve ounces of water. 



Strong sulphuric acid . 2 drachms ; 

 to be applied with a sponge or feather to the proud-flesh. 



