322 THE VETERINARY SOIENOE. 



!he bioalmfj is so bad thai it endangers the sheep's life, tnpping is 

 performed by measuring first half way between the point ot the 

 hip and the last rib, and about three inches down from the back 

 bone, then clip the wool off that space about the size of your hand 

 and cut a small hole in the skin just large enough to allow the 

 trocar and cannula to go in; the one used for tapping cattle will do 

 for the sheep by oiling it first and pressing it through the hole 

 that you cut in the skin downwards and inwards right into the 

 paunch. Leave th* cannula in and pull the trocar out, and the gas 

 will all esca»3e thrwjgh the hole in the cannula and save the sheep's 

 life. As scon as ^he gas is all out, draw out the cannula and let 

 the hole heal up its©?f. If you have not a trocar and cannula, run 

 i penkniie in the same place as described; this will let the gas out. 



IMPACirON OF THE FIRST PART OF THE STOMACH WITH FOOD. 



Causes. — From tl.-*' sheep getting at some food that it is not 

 used to eating, such as grain, or being turned into a good pasture 

 ifter feeding in a poor one. Feeding a poor quality of peas, 

 straw or clover hay, especially if it is a little musty or over ripe, 

 will sometimes cause it. 



S3'^inptOins. — The sheep will not be eating, looks dull, grates 

 Its teeth, does not chew its cud, and has a short, quick grunt 

 ivhile breathing, caused from the food in the stomach pressing on 

 the lungs. The animal walks about in a stupid manner, and has 

 I'ery little passage from the bowels, and what does pass is hard 

 and ary. 15" pressing on the left side over the stomach it is 

 found to be hard, and by tapping on it, it makes a dull, heavy 

 sound, showing that there is food lying in the first part of the 

 stomach or paunch. 



Treatment.— Give the followinj^i 



Epsom Salts i pound. 



Ginger I teaapoonfuL 



Common 8od& 1 " 



Sweet Spirits of Nitr* ^ ouDoa or 3 t*blc«^otfifu1a. 



Mix in a pint of luke warm water and give as a drench, then 



wrait for twenty^four hours to see if this dose will physic and clean 



out the stomach; if it do«s not physic in that time, give: 



Raw Linseed Oil , ^ pint. 



Spirits <jf Turpentine. ..^ ounce or 1 tablespoonfuL 



^ . ■ ■ 



Mix and give as a drench. After the physic operates, t0 



nrcngthen the animal give: 



