120 Diseases. 



Nearly all "serious internal complaints of sheep are 

 due to their grazing upon moist and swampy land, or 

 on pastures befouled by overstocking. Fluke is acquired 

 on low-lying, undrained ground. Worms on similar 

 land or on wet, heavily stock pastures. And footrot ap- 

 pears through the dry-foot loving sheep being camped or 

 allowed to remain too long on damp ground. The drier 

 paiis of a farm should be used for grazing the sheep 

 during long-continued wet, and they should, under 

 such circumstances, be given a regular supply of salt or 

 a lick, and it should be aimed, where possible, to give 

 them dry food, such as hay or chaff. 



Footrot. The feet should, in severe cases, be well 

 pared, and if the following preparation, which had 

 been mixed over a slow fire, is applied, it is effica- 

 cious in arresting the disease : 1 part bluestone, 1 of 

 lard and 2 of tar. Or, after paring the hoof, if the 

 following is well applied with a brush it is also said to 

 arrest the disease : 1 tablespoonful bluestone and 1 table- 

 spoonful of alum, put into a pint bottle of cold water. 

 Butter of antimony, one part, and tincture of myrrh, 

 eight parts, is also applied as a dressing. Fresh, pow- 

 dery lime is a good preventive, and if placed around a 

 salt lick will help a lot. The sheep should be given the 

 driest paddocks in a wet season. 



Blowfly. Cleanliness, by way of proper dipping, 

 dagging, and crutching are good preventive aids. When 

 struck, the wool should be clipped from the part, the 

 maggots removed, and there are several dressings, such 

 as parraffin oil, or turpentine and parraffin mixed, that 

 can be applied. 



Fluke, or Liver Rot. Due to the presence of flukes 

 in the liver of the sheep. These are parasites that at one 

 stage of their existence received a habitation in fresh 

 water snails, and naturally, therefore, the origin of the 

 complaint may be looked for where there is marshy, damp 



