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DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



stantially the same. The womb should be well washed with warm 

 alum water, carefully replaced, and retained in position by a band- 

 age, or, in severe cases, by loosely stitching the lips of the vulva. If 

 this fails to effect the object, and chronic falling of the womb occurs, 

 it should be tightly corded close to the vulva and allowed to slough 

 off. Death is sometimes the result of this trouble. < 



Parturient Fever is uncommon in sheep in this country ; but 

 as it sometimes occurs, we give the symptoms, which are loss of 



Pig. 1245.— Twin Gestation in Womb of a Sheep 



appetite, twitching of the hind legs and ears, dullness and weakness, 

 staggering, and the discharge of a dark-colored and offensive fluid 

 from the vagina. It generally occurs a few days before lambing, 

 and the fetus is • nearly always dead when delivered. The ewe 

 should be separated from the flock, and given the following or a 

 similar laxative : — 



