266 DISEASES OF ANIBIALS. 



CONSUMPTION. 



Causes. There are various causes. The most com- 

 mon is exposure to storms of rain and damp snows in 

 the cold season. Sheep will endure severe cold without 

 mjury, when kept dry, but they suffer severely by wet 

 in cold weather, as their fleece, which serves as a pro- 

 tection when dry, becomes, when wet, a cold, uncom 

 fortable mass, that holds the moisture for a long time. 

 Bucks that have been put to too great a number of ewes, 

 are most liable to this disease. 



Symptoms. The eyes uncommonly bright and shining, 

 water constantly running from them, and a gradual loss 

 of flesh, running at the nose, and a cough. 



Remedy. Tar or tar-water is good; but after the 

 disease is seated, it is doubtful whether anything will 

 avail. We heard of a case of a sheep that had a severe 

 cough, and was failing fast in the spring; on being 

 turned out and eating fresh herbage, she began to im- 

 prove, and soon recovered. She became very fat, and 

 was killed in the fall, when a new growth of the liver 

 could be plainly perceived. Sweetened teas and symps, 

 of various kinds, as used for the human patient, have a 

 favorable effect, 



STRETCHES. 



Causes. It is caused by the bowels not being kept 

 sufficiently open, costiveness resulting from the sheep 

 being kept a long time from the ground in hard winters 

 and on dry food. Sometimes it is caused by an involu- 

 tion of one part of the intestine into another. In this 

 case a cure may be effected, at times, by taking the ani- 

 mal by the hind legs, and jerking them back several 

 times. 



Symptoms. They frequently lie down and rise again, 

 stretching themselves, and refusing food. If not re- 

 lieved, they generally die in seven or eight days. Me- 

 rinos are said to be most subject to this complaint. 



Preventh^s. Feed twice a week, or a littlo evcjy 



