123 Diseases of Sheep. 



TREATMENT : — The ewe should be removed from 

 the balance of the fiock at once, given a good bed free from 

 draught, but well ventilated. Give 



Epsom Salts two ounces. 



Saltpetre one drachm. 



Wiarm Water one pint. 



Mix well together and give at one dose. This acts as a 

 physic, which is absolutely necessary to save the ewe. Feed 

 L'o'iimg but warm gruel and mashes, and administer our 



REMEDY NO. 15 AS DIRECTED. 



Price of remedy No. 15, $1.00. 



ROT— FLUKES IN THE LIVER— LIVER ROT. 



This disease sometimes causes the death of every sheep 

 in the flock. It is caused by allowing the sheep to pasture on 

 land that has been over-flowed with water. Even feeding 

 on a crop of green oats, early in the fall before frost comes, 

 has been known to rot young sheep. Rot is produced by a 

 flat worm, of whitish color, varying in size from one-half of 

 an inch to one inch in length, which develops in the internal 

 organs, especially the liver. This disease is rarely seen 

 where sheep are grazed on upland pasture. 



SYMPTOMS : — The first symptoms are only marked by 

 the inclination to take on flesh ; but this rapid gain is of 

 short duration, and a paleness in the membranes makes its 

 appearance, to which may be added a yellowness of the car- 

 uncle at the corner of the eye. This is a symptom that 

 never fails where sheep are afifected with flukes. Upon part- 

 ing the fleece, the skin is found to have changed its ver- 

 milion tint for a pale red, and the wool is easily separated 

 from the felt. As this disease advances, the skin become 



