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cough and some mucous discharge from the nostrils. Rumi- 

 nation is suspended and food is refused. There is heaving 

 of the flanks and a staggering gait. The disease may prove 

 fatal in a couple of days. Treat in the same way as bron- 

 chitis. Rub in powdered mustard or turpentine over the 

 throat and chest until the parts are slightly blistered. 



Aphtha. — This sometimes breaks out in a flock, as a rule 

 in the cold weather. Lambs and young sheep are chiefly 

 affected. The disease is probably contagious. There is a 

 dense crop of warty growths on the lips and the muzzle. They 

 soon become ulcerated and fungoid and run into each other. 

 Mortality, however, is not marked. Wash the parts once 

 daily with carbolic lotion and then dress with boric ointment. 



Boven — Tympanitis — Distention of the rumen with gas. — 

 It is generally caused by the consumption of young succulent 

 grass. There is swelling on the left side of the belly, which 

 when struck sounds like a drum. The patient evinces 

 uneasiness and pain. Give at once in half a pint of warm 

 water, Epsom salts 3 ounces, ginger 2 drams and slaked lime 

 20 grains. 



Diarrhwa. — This may arise from the same causes as tym- 

 panitis or from a change of pasture or from change of weather. 

 There is excessive purging, loss of flesh and weakness. Give 

 shelter and dry nourishing food. Change pasture, if possible. 

 Give repeated doses of some cordial (see Recipes) or the 

 following twice daily for a couple of days : Powdered gallnut 

 half a dram, powdered omum half a dram, chalk or slaked 

 lime 20 grains, powdered ganja 10 grains, in half a pint of 

 warm gruel or infusion of linseed. 



Dysentery — Bloody flux. — This is inflammation of the 

 mucous membrane of the intestines. This is a much more 

 dangerous and fatal disease than diarrhoea. There is some- 

 times an outbreak of dysentery in a flock, which is probably 

 a contagious form of the disease. There is fever, the stools 

 become frequent, are mixed with blood and slime and are 

 voided with pain and straining. Give once daily for a couple 

 of days 2 ounces of castor oil with 10 grains of powdered 

 ganja in half a pint of warm gruel. Should the purging 

 continue after this, give catechu naif a dram, powdered gin- 

 ger half a dram, chalk one dram, in half a pint of warm 

 infusion of linseed once daily. 



Mot — Liver Rot. — This is very destructive disease. It 

 sometimes breaks out in a flock during the hot weather. 

 It is due to the presence of flukes — Distoma or Fasciola 

 hepatica — in the substance of the liver, gall-bladder and biliary 



