482 The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser. 



soft, boggy pastures ; wounds witli sharp bodies lite nails, 

 glass, etc.; the accumulation and drying of clay or mud 

 between the claws; softening of the horn and irritation 

 from standing on hot reeking manure ; iiTitation of the 

 skin around the coronets by iced water, etc. 



Symptoms will vary according to the form, but in all 

 there is lameness, often severe, the sheep getting down on 

 its knees to feed, and an examination of the foot shows 

 the nature of the injury. In the case of woimds with 

 nails, glass, etc., the heat of the hoof will show the injured 

 one, and a slight paring will detect the wound if not the 

 offending body. 



Treatment. In case of a simple- superficial rawness 

 between the claws, clean the part and touch with a feather 

 dipped in a mixture of one part of sulphuric acid and 

 three or four parts of water; or the surface may be 

 smeared with tar and a bandage tied between the claws 

 and around the pastern. In case of the formation of 

 matter beneath the horn the foreign body, if any, should 

 be removed, the detached horn pared away until we reach 

 that which is still connected with the quick, the surround- 

 ing horn should be pared down to a thin edge and the 

 sore covered with tar, with a few drops of sulphuric acid 

 on the surface, the whole being closely bound up in a 

 bandage. In exceptional cases the severity of the inflam- 

 mation may demand a poultice, over the surface of which 

 a weak solution of sugar of lead may be poured. One tar 

 dressing is often enough, but the foot should always be 

 examined a few days after, and any hindrance to the heal- 

 ing process removed. Bad cases with fungous growths 

 must be treated like similar eases in the horse. 



Sheep kept in low, soft pastures should have the hoof 

 shortened by a knife or toe nippers at short intervals, to 

 prevent injury to the sole. 



CONTAGIOUS FOOT-EOT 



Presents symptoms resembling those of simple foot-rot, 

 but usually begins at the coronet unless in the case of 



