286 BLOOD DISEASES. 



a puffy appearance of the head, termed by some "checkered" or 

 "poked." The tongue is cool, moist, and very pale in color. 

 Steele, writing on this condition, gives the following as having 

 appeared in a report on diseases among the sheep of Oregon: 

 "The lambs were weaned in 1872, on the 20th of July, on tim- 

 othy aftermath; four weeks afterwards they looked miserable and 

 died fast. Last year the lambs died rapidly shortly after wean- 

 ing. This season they gave way while sucking. The symptoms 

 both in young and old were 'tucked-up' appearance ; cough, wool 

 rough and dry, with fleeces partially cast, and wool on faces car- 

 ried longer than usual; the lambs do not gambol. Some of the 

 animals droop their heads; rtm at the nose; have gatherings under 

 the chin, which occasionally dispel and at other times break out 

 into running sores; a marked bloodless appearance of the mucous 

 membranes and skin. The above animals were long-wooled 

 sheep which for six months in the year were continually wet; 

 the Merinos, being comparatively healthy, their thick, close, 

 greasy wool seeming to prevent the moisture from penetrating to 

 the skin." 



Ewes in lamb are very subject to a fatal form of anaemia; 

 the wool is dry and hard; they become feeble, and fall away in 

 flesh, becoming very weak just prior to parturition. 



Creattnent. 



In all cases of anaemia it is necessary to seek for the cause 

 and, if possible, remove it. "When due to parasitic invasion, this 

 must first be attended to before a change for the better can be 

 expected. If due to faulty management, not sufficient nourish- 

 ing diet, or a superabundance of moisture, these conditions must 

 first be -changed and then the proper medicinal agents applied in 

 order to effect a cure. In all cases of anaemia iron and vegetable 

 tonics are indicated, such as the following: 



