382 Diseases of Sheep, 



lick. The food should be highly nutritious and abundant. 



An English writer, Mr. John Large, says the only remedy 

 which will destroy the fluke in the liver is the 

 following : — 



No. 426. Yellow resin, 1 J drachms. 



Oil of turpentine, 1^ oz. 



Calomel, 18 grains. 



Tincture of iodine, 80 drops. 



For tkree doses, one every morning, for three days, in gruel. 



INTESTINAL WOEMS. 



Sheep are liable to be infested with a number of varieties 

 of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms, round worms, thread 

 worms, etc. It is needless to describe and portray these in 

 this work, as their specification belongs rather to the realm of 

 the strictly scientific than of practical works. 



The symptoms they produce are in many instances very 

 obscure, sometimes not at all manifest. It is no unusual 

 sight to find a sheep apparently in excellent health and con- 

 dition w^hen slaughtered, to have many of these parasites in 

 its stomach and intestines. 



In general terms, it may be said that the symptoms they 

 give rise to are connected, first, with the digestive organs, 

 and secondly, by sympathy, with the brain. Thus a loss of 

 appetite, or a liking for dirt, old mortar on walls, etc., 

 together wdth constipation and diarrhea alternating, irritation 

 about the nose or the anus, indicated by the animal rubbing 

 those parts, and a short, dry, or husky cough, are signs of 

 irritation in the bowels, which may well come from worms. 



The head symptoms are, dizziness, as shown by staggering 

 or falling, sometimes convulsions, impairment of the sight, 

 running into obstacles, etc. 



The positive sign is to find some of the worms in the ex- 

 crement ; or to discover them on opening the intestines, in 

 which case it may very justly be presumed that they prevail 



