376 SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 



Diarrhea or "White Scours." In the nursing lamb diarrhea 

 takes the form of a liquid discharge of a white color. The milk passes 

 through the body without digestion, and to this condition is given the 

 name "White Scours." This sometimes is caused by the milk of the 

 mother being changed by feeding upoa some succulent food. In such 

 cases change the food of the ewe to a more solid and nutritious food. If 

 it comes from a disordered condition of the digestive organs of the lamb, 

 give the following physic : 



5 drops Essence of G-inger, 



1 tea-spoonful Linseed Oil. 



As soon as it has operated, give two tea-spoonfuls of the following 

 twice a day : 



1 ounce Prepared Chalk, 

 ^ dram Opium. 



2 drams Powdered Ginger, 



4 drams Powdered Catechu. 



Mix in one pint of peppermint water. Always shake well before 

 administering. 



Dysentery. Many people are not able to distinguish the difference 

 between diarrhea and dysentery, yet they are two different conditions 

 and require different treatment. They are often induced by the same 

 conditions but the discharge from the bowels is of a different cliaracter. 

 In dysentery there is more or less fever according to the severity of the 

 case. The dung mixed with mucus and blood shows that the lining 

 of the bowels is inflamed. The discharge is frequent, lumpy and scanty 

 and has a fetid smell. The voiding of the discharge is attended with 

 pain, causing the sheep to arch its back and moan. The wool often 

 loosens from the pelt after the disease has been running a short time. 



The treatment for this disease is to first remove the contents of the 

 bowels, together with some anodyne to ease the pain. The following 

 may be given mixed in oat-meal or linseed gruel: 



2 grains Powdered Opium, 

 2 ounces Linseed Oil. 



Give oat-meal gruel as a nourishment quite frequently during the day, 

 and then follow for several days with daily doses of the following: 



2 grains Powdered Opium, 

 1 dram Ginger. 



If the bowels do not become regular or are constipated give one ounce 

 of oil every other day. 



