THE DISEASES OF SHEEP 319 



is rarely if ever reported in America, and in Eng- 

 land, on the extremely fertile pastures of Kent, 

 sheep suffer from anthrax. This disease is rare in- 

 deed in America among sheep. 



Sheep do not suffer from tuberculosis, at least 

 the disease is exceedingly rare among them in 

 America or elsewhere. 



In truth, of the long list of diseases usually cata- 

 logued as occurring in sheep the shepherd will not 

 in his lifetime observe more than one or two, always 

 excepting the diseases that come from internal or 

 external parasites, from unwise feeding and from 

 garget of the udder. 



It is wise, therefore, to study carefully the ques- 

 tion of the internal parasite and to learn ways of 

 management that will avoid them. This learned, all 

 the long catalogue of diseases may repose serenely 

 upon the library shelf, since the occurrence of an 

 instance of any of them save one in the flock will 

 be of the rarest. 



GAKGET OK MAMMITIS. 



This is a disease that affects the udders of the 

 very best and largest milking ewes, preferring those 

 that are best bred and most coddled. The symp- 

 toms are a hard, distended udder, from which 

 watery or serum-like milk may be drawn, which 

 often becomes streaked with blood and sometimes 

 with pus. The flesh of the udder is often red or 

 purple and upon pressure can be dented with the 

 hand. The ewe has fever and distress, milk secre- 



