PELT-ROT 553 



must be remembered that the dip can only destroy 

 the parasites but not their eggs, and therefore the 

 affected sheep require several applications before all 

 the parasites, young and old, are destroyed. 



PELT-ROT. 



This is a complaint caused by the animals which 

 are in low condition lying in wet commons, woods, 

 or copses, with their fleeces soaked with rain, and 

 the debilitated condition of the sheep producing low 

 spirits and inactivity, so that it does not shake itself. 

 This produces a relaxation of the action of the vessels 

 of the skin ; and consequently the wool falls off, 

 leaving large patches of the hide bare. Scanty and 

 poor pasturage will also induce this complaint ; and 

 it is sometimes caused by a sudden transition from 

 poor to rich pasturage. 



When this disease is noticed, the animal should be 

 removed to a warm straw-yard, and fed upon diet of 

 a nourishing kind, such as mashes of malt and oat- 

 meal, mixed with pea-meal ; and also give him cordial 

 draughts. 



ERYSIPELAS, OR WILD-FIRE. 



Symptoms. — This is an affection of the skin, and 

 is extremely contagious ; and if not attended to will 

 quickly spread over the whole flock. The skin 

 becomes very red, and considerable inflammation pre- 

 vails, but differs from red water in never blistering. 

 It is caused by some peculiar condition of the atmos- 

 phere, and generally appears in August and Sep- 

 tember. It seldom, however, continues more than 

 eight days at a time, although sheep which have been 

 affected with it are liable to a relapse. In some 

 seasons the disease proves very fatal to sheep. 



