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Mix. Give from one-half to two tablespoonfuls three times 

 daily according to the lamb's age. In all cases where the young 

 animals are still dependent on their mother's milk for their nour- 

 ishment it is advisable to treat the dam, especially is this the case 

 in diarrhoea attacking lambs. To do this the preceding mix- 

 tures can be administered to the ewe twice daily in doses of three 

 to four tablespoonfuls, the direct treatment of the lamb being re- 

 duced to a minimum. 



For green skit as seen in lambs just weaned, the animals 

 shoiild be made as warm as possible, and the above cordial mix- 

 ture prescribed for the white skit should be given in tablespoon- 

 ful doses every three hours. Combined with which it will be 

 well to use small doses of whiskey, as a quick stimulant is 

 urgently needed in this complaint. 



Dysentery, Bloody flux, also called Cling. 



Is an inflammatory disease, affecting the mucous membrane 

 of the large intestines, and is frequently fatal. It appears to be 

 attended by a form of fever typhoid in character, accompanied by 

 fluid discharges from the bowels, large quantities of mucus and 

 some blood. It is often caused by the continual feeding of 

 coarse and unwholesome food, or from grazing on low lands 

 which have been submerged by water, the sand and grit de- 

 posited on the grasses setting tip an irritation, followed by inflam- 

 mation of the bowels. Hay cut from such pastures will also 



produce this disease. 



Symptoms. 



The sheep has an exhaustive diarrhoea, fever quickly de- 

 velops, the animal showing evidences of extreme weakness. The 

 fever in these cases marks the difference between them and 

 diarrhoea, as in that disease the temperature is lowered instead of 

 elevated. The evacuations ai'e thin, but adhesive, painful, laden 

 with mucus and often accompanied with blood, the belly is 



