BLOOD DISEASES. 289 



pining — Yinquisb. 



Is a disease due to grazing sheep on pastures containing a 

 large amount of astringent plants, which by their action on the 

 system, cause a fatal constipation of the bowels. This condition 

 is not reported as having caused any serious losses in this country, 

 but it has occurred frequently, accompanied with great fatality, 

 in the North of England, being said to be mostly met with in the 

 region of the Cheviot Hills. 



Symptoms. 



The affected sheep are dull, languid, lying down most of the 

 time, the ears droop, eyes run, the hair on the face becomes dry, 

 the wool having a bluish cast. Death usually takes place in a 

 month's time after the first symptoms of ailing were noticeable. 

 A whole flock may be affected simultaneously, or only a few 

 sheep at a time. Change of pasture to good succulent herbage 

 generally affects a cure. 



