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a few days will go around in this manner acting very strange. 



The symptoms become worse ; the animal will take spells 



of running, and if there is a fence in its road it will run up against 



It, or if there is a ditch, it will run into it as if it were blind 



and fall over, then take a fit of jerking for a minute or so, then 



get up and be apparently all right for half an hour or so, when 



another fit will come on. In other cases, if the grub settles a 



little to one side of the brain the animal will keep running around 



and around in a circle. These symptoms gradually get worse, 



and the fits come on oftener, and if not relieved will die in a few 



weeks. 



Treatment. — As soon as first noticed the grub can be killed 



and absorbed away by giving 



Spirits of Turpentine .J ounce or 1 tablespoouful. 



Raw Linseed Oil i teacupf ul. 



Mix and give as a drench every second or third day foi 



a week or so. This will kill the grub, which will gradually 



absorb away itself, and the sheep will soon be all right. During 



treatment, keep the sheep in a small field where it cannot hurt itself; 



catch it every day and feel around the top of the head for a soft 



spot in the bone over the brain by pressing hard on it, and when 



you find it take a sharp knife and cut the skin off the soft spot 



about the size of a twenty-five cent piece, and then cut the 



diseased bone, being careful not to touch the brain. As soon as 



you have cut around it, raise the piece of soft bone out and leave 



it out. This soft piece of bone, being over where the grub is, 



will at once give the sheep relief, for the grub will bulge up in 



the hole and take the pressure off the brain. Do not attempt to 



remove the grub, for nature will remove it in a few days itself. 



The only thing to be done after the bone is cut out is to keep the 



sheep in a cool place where flies will not bother it and cause 



maggots. If they should, wash it out clean with hike warm water 



and soap; then apply the white lotion with a few drops of carbolic 



acid in it once or t;\nce a day and it will be all right. The hole 



in the bone will soon heal over. Providing you should lose a 



sheep with this disease, bury it deep so the dogs will not get at it 



and carry vt to other sheep Never, in any case, pour snirits of 



turpentine in the nostrils, for it will do no good, is cr<.jel, ana 



sometimes kills the sheep itself. Always give the turpentine as 



above m^ntionpd. 



