Septicemia Hcemorrhagica of the Sheep. 63 



of creolin, and doses of ij^ oz. of the same agent by the mouth. 

 Five buffaloes out of seventeen recovered. Friedberger suggests 

 deep incisions of the swellings so as to admit the air, and treat- 

 ment of the wounds with strong antiseptics. 



SEPTICEMIA HEMORRHAGICA OF THE SHEEP : 



LOMBRIZ. 



Synonyms. Definition. Geographical distribution, Argentina, France, etc. 

 Causes : bacillus ; intravenously, etc., youth, verminous affections, low condi- 

 tion. Bacteriology : ovoid bacillus with polar stain , bleached by Gram 's solu- 

 tion, Eerobic, non-motile. Symptoms : Chronic form in summer, diarrhoea, 

 arched back, stiffness, emaciation, flattened wool, segregation, impaired or 

 depraved appetite, shedding wool, ansemic skin, dependent dropsies, sunken 

 eyes, weak small pulse, temperature variable — elevated, nasal and buccal 

 discharge, weakness, paresis, dulness, torpor, lung symptoms, arthritis. 

 Diagnosis : from distomatosis and strongylosis. Acute form with high fe- 

 ver, constitutional disorder, colics, diarrhoea, death in 24 to 36 hours, sub- 

 acute form. Lesions : black blood, congestions, and general petechiae. 

 Lungs, liver, kidneys and spleen, congested, swollen. Subacute cases have 

 lighter blood, and lesions. Chronic cases anaemic, blood diffluent, lymph 

 glands enlarged, congested ; connective tissues and serous cavities dropsical, 

 gastric, intestinal and hepatic worms, spleen shrunken. Mortality : great in 

 acute, less in chronic. Prevention : segregation, exclusion of all sheep from 

 unknown or suspected flocks, antiseptic dip and quarantine for new pur- 

 chases, expose a few as a test ; cleanliness, disinfectants, avoid watershed 

 from infected lands, wide range, out-door life, generous diet, remove weak, 

 emaciated, anaemic. Immunization. Treatment. 



Synonyms . Pasteurellosis Ovina. Infectious Pneumo-Enteri- 

 tis. 



Definition. An infectious febrile affection of the sheep, chronic 

 or acute, characterized by duln&ss, stiffness, or paresis, anorexia, 

 thirst, disorder of the breathing and digestive organs, black dif- 

 fluent blood, petechiae, reddish effu,sions in the serosae or connec- 

 tive tissue, and congestive or inflammatory lesions of the lungs, 

 liver, kidneys and intestines. The presence of a cocco-bacillus 

 (diplo-coccus, strepto-cocco-bacillus, pasteurellosa) in the lesions 

 is especially characteristic. 



Geographical Distribution. Though Lignieres first demonstra- 

 ted this as a bacteridian disease in the Argentine Republic, he 



