360 Diseases of Sheep. 



without undergoing decomposition, it should be mixed with 

 an equal quantity .of compound tincture of myrrh. Prof. 

 Williams states that for general use in the disease he has 

 found it as effectual, and much less painful to the animal 

 than any other. The sulphate of copper he thinks suitable 

 for mild cases. 



As a preventive of foot rot, nothing is so effective as a 

 solution of arsenic, used in the following manner : — 



Ko. 403. Arsenic, 



Washing soda, of eacli 2 lb. 



Water, 10 gallons. 



Boil slowly to eight gallons, and fill up to ten. 



- With this, the hoofs of the sheep are thoroughly sponged 

 after cleaning; or the animal is obliged to stand for a 

 minute or two in a tub or shallow trough containing it. Some 

 of the largest Scotch breeders use this occasionally during 

 the summer and fall, and as a consequence foot rot is 

 unknown in their flocks. 



FOUL IN THE FOOT. 



Although sheep are much less subject to this disease than 

 cattle, they will contract it if kept in wet and filthy yards, 

 or on moist, boggy pastures. They are also prone to it in 

 wet seasons, from walking in the tall, dripping grass. 



The skin in the cleft of the foot has a macerated or water- 

 soaked appearance, accompanied by slight inflammation, 

 passing into ulceration, and bringing on lameness. Often at 

 this stage it is mistaken for hoof rot. 



The treatment of the disease is simple, as it will generally 

 disappear of itself if the flock is turned on dry, short, up- 

 land pastures, or kept in a clean, well-littered yard. Further 

 than this, it is well to wash and othermse clean the feet, and 

 paint them with a mixture of one part powdered blue vitriol 



