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DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



Tuberculosis, or Consumption. — This disease, by some 

 authors held identical with scrofula, is contagious and transmissible 

 to man. It is due to a germ, and is indicated by a loss of vivacity, 

 tenderness of the withers, back, and loins, and of the walls of the 

 chest, a slight cough, dryness of the nose at first, and later a 

 % slight discharge ; heat 



of the horns and ears, 

 etc. In the earlier stages, 

 a preparation of 5 grains 

 of iodide of potassium, 

 or 10 grains of iodide of 

 iron, finely powdered 

 and, mixed with molas- 

 ses, and placed on the 

 root of the tongue, and 

 given daily, may effect 

 at least a temporary 

 cure ; but if allowed to run along any length of time; no remedies 

 avail ; and, indeed, the best authorities unite in despairing of any 

 definite specific for this malady. Tuberculous meat should not 

 be eaten by man. 



Hydrophobia, or Rabies. — This disease, supposed to arise 

 spontaneously in the dog, the wolf, and the cat, is contagious, and is 

 communicated by their saliva among themselves and to other ani- 

 mals. The symptoms of rabies appear in the sheep after various 

 periods, averaging, perhaps, twenty to twenty-five days after the 

 bite. (See Fig. 1199.) No curable treatment exists so far for true 

 rabies, but Pasteur assures the world that he, by vaccination, pre- 

 vents the development of the symptoms even several days after the 

 biting occurred. 



Fig. 1199.— Rabin. 



