Diseases of Sheep. 



Chapter XXYI. 



Structure of the Sheep — The Teeth — Causes op Disease — Catarrh — 

 Bronchitis — Pneumonia — Pleurisy — Constipation — Diarrhea — Dysen- 

 tery — Hoven — Inflammation of the Bladder — Retention of Urine — 

 Sfdment in the Urinary Canal — Stone in the Bladder. 



NE would suppose the circulatory system of the sheep to be 

 weak as compared with other domestic animals, yet it com- 

 pares favorably with that of other ruminants, and is not free 







Fig. 1186. — Skeleton of the Sheep. 



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 from inflammatory diseases. The small space, however, occupied by 

 the, heart and- lungs of the sheep, in comparison with the large 



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