appear, the diet of the dams should be reduced and a portion of the 

 milk taken from the dams of the lambs that are thus affected, in order 

 that the latter may not get an excess. A form of scours may occur 

 ! at a later period, in which the evacuations have a greenish tint. It is 

 more fatal than the former, and is caused by some unsuitable element 

 in the diet." 50 



Retention of excrement occurs when an accumulation of the ex- 

 crement lodges at the tail and closes the passage. The excrement 

 should be removed. 



Fig. 21. A lamb brooder. 



Naval disease refers to infection of the umbilical cord soon after 

 birth. This disease is accompanied by diarrhoea. Clean and sani- 

 ;tary quarters are the best preventive. An application of tincture of 

 iodine will usually destroy the infection. 



Sore eyes in lambs are cured by washing with a saturated solu- 

 tion of boric acid daily until the soreness has disappeared. Blisters 

 on the lips of lambs should be scraped off and the mouth washed with 



50 Shaw's "Management and Feeding of Sheep." 



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