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suffer violently in this way. Here prevention is far 

 better than any cure. Sheep or lambs shipped long 

 distances should first be given dry feed and very 

 cautiously turned upon rank pastures. When over- 

 eating of pasture is the cause, laudanum in table- 

 spoonful doses for mature sheep, less for lambs, is a 

 standard remedy. This should be administered 

 with milk or water. A teaspoonful of ginger in a 

 cup of warm water is also beneficial and should be 

 resorted to whenever there is failing appetite. If 

 the scouring is a result of overeating of grain, with- 

 holding all feed for twenty-foiu" hours is good treat- 

 ment. If the scouring persists longer, the use of 

 laudanum should be resorted to. When scouring 

 is due to the presence of intestinal worms, the first 

 step in the treatment is to remove the worms by 

 means of the remedies prescribed under the dis- 

 cussion of intestinal parasites. There is also an in- 

 fectious dysentery that is to be treated by the use of 

 antiseptics. Tablespoonful doses of some of the coal- 

 tar antiseptics given at intervals of six hours will 

 prove effective. 



Constipation, stretches. — This is the reverse diges- 

 tive disturbance due to long confinement to a dry 

 ration with little variety. Sheep confined to timothy 

 hay, straw, or corn fodder, with corn only for grain, 

 suffer in this way, especially pregnant ewes. The 

 stretching is a symptom of constipation. The rem- 

 edy is a physic of salts or oil followed by a change 



