34 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



vaccinated with matter obtained from sheep which died in 

 consequence of blood disease, the former always died in 

 consequence. Dogs which were allowed to eat such car- 

 casses did hot die, whereas sheep bitten by such dogs always 

 became afflicted with the disease. It may also affect man- 

 kind if transferred by eating such diseased meat, or by the 

 sting of an insect or by touching of the flesh, the skin or 

 the blood of an infected animal. I can bear witness that 

 in the year 1849 three shepherds belonging to an estate 

 near Magdeburg, Prussia, died in consequence of having 

 contracted this disease by contagion. Whether the disease 

 may be transferred to other sheep, either by air or breath- 

 ing or perspiration, cannot be determined with certainty. 

 Horses and goats which smelled at the carcasses of such 

 infected sheep suffered from the disease; it was, however, 

 not proven whether the mouth or nose of these animals had 

 been soiled with blood of such carcasses. It is therefore 

 necessary to recommend the most careful caution, espe- 

 cially with men, whenever it becomes necessary to touch 

 such carcasses or diseased flesh. To prevent the spreading 

 of the blood disease it is advisable to part the diseased ani- 

 mals from the healthy, and to give in the morning and 

 evening the following lick, consisting of two pounds of 

 saltpetre, two pounds of glauber salts, two pounds of ground 

 calamus, two pounds of laurel-leaves, two pounds of juniper- 

 berries, one pound of golden sulphur; which may be mixed 

 with the food (clover being preferred). The above quantity 

 must be mixed well, and serves for one hundred animals 

 for two days, morning and evening. I can recommend the 

 above remedy as the most efficient. Great care must be » 

 observed in regard to feeding, so that the change from 

 stable-feeding to pasture-feeding is only to be allowed by 

 degrees. In the morning the sheep must not be driven to 

 pasture until the dew and moisture have entirely disappeared 



