354 Diseases of Sheep, 



No. 396. Solution of potash, 2 drachms. 



Common salt, 

 Sweet oil, each, 1 oz. 



Mix in a wineglass full of water. 



Mechanical means are often employed successfully to aid 

 these remedies, or independent of them. The swollen 

 stomach is pressed and kneaded with the hands, which urges 

 the gas up the gullet. Or the sheep is plunged into cold 

 water, which brings on relaxation of the gullet and the gas 

 escapes. Or a rubber tube of half-inch calibre, furnished 

 with a button of wool at the end, to prevent clogging, is 

 thoroughly oiled, and introduced gently into the gullet and 

 passed down to the stomach. This will often cause the 

 escape of air in large quantity and, give immediate relief. 

 Such a tube has various uses, and one should be about every 

 large fold. 



RED WATER— HiEMATTJRIA. 



The name " red water " is sometimes applied to a form 

 of dropsy, where the water accumulated in the abdomen is 

 of a reddish color ; but it should be confined to a disease, 

 not infrequent in various localities, characterized by a red 

 color of the m-ine due to the presence of red blood coloring 

 matter in it. It is probably acute nephritis. 



CauSGS, — These are exposure to cold and wet; lying down 

 on cold, marshy ground ; and in general, chilling from 

 change of temperature. Well housed sheep rarely suffer 

 from it. 



Symptoms. — The attack commences with diarrhea, of a 

 dysenteric character, continued scouring, sometimes of 

 bloody matter, and the passage of pink, red or dark urine. 

 The animal is weak, and the belly swollen. If it is a ewe, 

 the secretion of milk is suspended. The head is protruded 

 or hanging, the breathing labored and panting. As the 



