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all overgrowth, then stand the sheep in a four inch deep solution of Nox-i- 

 cide Dip and Disinfectant, 1 quart to 12 of water. Fill all cracks with a 

 paste dressing flour and Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant, using 1 table- 

 spoonful of Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant to five of water. If cutting has 

 been very deep, it is well to bandage. Dressing the hoof with Conkey's 

 Hoof Remedy will hasten development of healthy new horn. 



GARGET There are two forms of this disorder, known as 



INFLAMED UDDER simple and malignant. In simple garget the udder 



is swollen tense, and feels hot and hard to the 



touch. Pus or blood appears in the milk. The cause may be (1) too much 

 grain in the feed of the ewe immediately after lambing; (2) banking up of 

 the milk from slack nursing or loss of the lamb; (3) catching cold, usually 

 from lying on chilled ground; (4) irritation and soreness from the lamb's 

 constant bunting of the ewe. 



Treatment for Simple Garget Give Epsom salts to relieve the feverish 

 symptoms, using 5 oz. to 1 pint of water. Bathe the bag with warm water, 

 dry gently, then rub well with Conkey's Bag Relief, to soften it and reduce 

 the inflammation. Then keep the udder milked clean. 



In malignant garget the udder is swollen, but instead of being hard 

 and tense feels soft. It is red or purplish from congestion. The ewe shows 

 general symptoms of fever, dulness, no appetite, and loss of flesh. In time 

 the gland tissue of the udder dies and sloughs off. 



Treatment for Malignant Garget There is no cure for a true case of 

 malignant garget. Separate the ewe from the rest of the flock and disinfect 

 thoroughly with Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant, 2 teaspoonfuls 

 in a pint of warm water. This will keep the disease from spreading. As 

 soon as the part is dead it should be cut away without waiting for natural 

 sloughing. To heal dress with the Dip or Disinfectant or sprinkle Conkey's 

 Healing Powder over the cut surface. The Healing Powder has astringent 

 properties, and hence is valuable for all surgery cases. 



GID STURDY The symptoms are swaying, reeling, moving around in 

 STAGGERS a circle or running straight forward with head up, or 



TURN SICK other peculiar, unconscious and irresponsible move- 



ments several times a day. At first the symptom may 



be only dulness and clumsy moving around. These symptoms usually dis- 

 appear and return again in four to 

 six months, although death may 

 come in a few days or a week. The 

 cause of the various symptoms is 

 disturbance of the brain due to the 

 presence of Gid bladder worms. 

 These worms are developed from 

 the eggs of the dog tape-worm, 

 and get into the pasture or water 

 from the droppings of the sheep Gid worm (tenia coenurus) 



dog affected with tape-worm. From 



the stomach these embryos make their way to the brain or spinal cord. 

 The first symptoms seem to disappear soon as the embryos find a permanent 

 resting place in the brain. But in the course of four to six months they 

 encyst themselves (that is, form bladder-like sacks) and it is the pressure 

 from these cysts that affects the brain and causes the peculiar unbalanced 

 actions. 



Treatment for Gid is preventive: The chief thing is to prevent infec- 

 tion of the pasture, etc., by tape-worms. At regular intervals, 

 all sheep dogs should be tied up away from the flock and purged for tape 



