will develop into vigorous breeding animals. 35 This last method is 

 the most satisfactory one where the breeding flock is infested with 

 nodular disease. The infested animals should be sold. 



"By the bare-lot method, it is possible to raise lambs, up to the 

 period of weaning, and without separating them from their affected 

 mothers, practically free from nodular disease of the intestines. The 

 method is worthy of trial by flock masters owning breeding ewes 

 affected with nodular disease." 36 



Treatment for Worms. 



There are several medical treatments for worms ; they should be 

 considered as preventives, however, rather than absolute cures. In 

 winter quarters a mixture of tobacco stems and salt is considered 

 desirable in eliminating worms from the digestive tract. A vermi- 

 fuge recommended by Dr. Law is "Arsenous acid one dram, sulphate 

 of iron five drams, powdered areca nut two ounces, common salt four 

 ounces." This is sufficient for one dose for thirty sheep. It may be 

 given with the salt, or in ground feed. If the flock is apparently 

 healthy, four doses, given at intervals of three days, is sufficient. If 

 symptoms of stomach worms are manifested the animals should be 

 dosed daily until they have received from five to ten doses, the amount 

 depending upon the condition of the animal. 37 This vermifuge should 

 be given to the flock prior to being placed on pasture in the spring, 

 or when placed in winter quarters. 



Treatments for stomach worms include gasoline, turpentine or 

 benzine, given as a drench, the method being the same for each. The 

 sheep should be kept "off feed" for twelve hours. One dose for a 

 lamb at weaning is five ounces of cow's milk, one-half tablespoonful 

 of gasoline and one tablespoonful of raw linseed oil, thoroughly 

 mixed. For a mature sheep the amount of gasoline is doubled. This 

 treatment should be given on three consecutive days. 



Another treatment is one-quarter of a pound of blue stone or cop- 

 per sulphate, dissolved in a quart of hot water with enough cold water 

 added to make nine quarts. This solution is used by many shepherds 

 for stomach worms. This solution is given as a drench, one table- 

 spoonful to a lamb four months old, or two tablespoonsful to a mature 

 sheep. Only one dose need be given, and an overdose is dangerous. 



85 Breeder's Gazette, May 18, 1916. 



^Louisiana Bulletin No. 89. 



37 Craig's "Common Diseases of Farm Animals/ 



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