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outside of the body. Sometimes the termination of the gut carl 

 be felt under the skin where the anus should be. In these cases 

 an incision can be made and the end of the gut fished up and 

 sewed to the edges of the incision. Success is doubtful, however. 

 The cheapest and best method is the destruction of the 

 lamb, as it otherwise would have to linger and suffer, only ulti- 

 mately to succumb. The same condition may exist in connection 

 with the vagina, or the prepuce of the male. They are simply 

 mentioned here as malformations, and not to advise any special 

 treatment, 



CyariosxB. 



Is also another mal-formation of young animals. It is caused by 

 the non-closure of the foramen ovale at the time of birth, which 

 produces a mixed venous and arterial circulation — hence the 

 name of "Cyanosis" — (blue disease), from the blue color of the 

 mucous membranes. 



No cure. Death usually takes place in a short while after 

 birth. 



Shin Dryness. 



This is a condition when the lamb after being dropped, 

 through neglect or inability of the ewe to reach it, becomes dry, 

 the result being that the ewe does not recognize it as her off- 

 spring, from its lacking some peculiarity which it seems to possess 

 when wet with the amniotic fluid. 



This is frequently met with in young ewes with their first 

 lambs, and it is a fact that smearing the lamb with the foetal 

 membranes will cause the ewe to recognize and care for it. 



To make a ewe care for a strange lamb, something which is 

 very frequently necessary in the lambing season, select a ewe 

 which has just been delivered of a single lamb, rub the strange 

 lamb against the fleece of the other while it is still wet and smear 

 it freely with the amniotic fluid which flows from the uterus of 



