91 DISEASES OP SHEEP. 



1. Too rich food in winter, particularly grain, should be 

 avoided, and the diet should be kept as uniform as possible. 



2. Too rich pastures in summer should also be avoided. 



3. In herds which are kept in a locality favorable to the 

 disease animals below the age of two and a half or three 

 years should not be used for breeding. 



4. Rams and ewes belonging to flocks in which the dis- 

 ease prevails should not be bought. 



5. The breeding of too delicate races should also be 

 avoided. 



The following method is said to have proved very suc- 

 cessful in preventing the disease : In September, October 

 and November the ewes which are to be used for breed- 

 ing are physicked every four days, alternately with glau- 

 ber salts and ground laurel-leaves. One hundred sheep re- 

 quire two and a half pounds of glauber salts and half a 

 pound of laurel-leaves. In December and January they 

 were made to take these remedies every week, and they are 

 now also given to rams. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BEAIN. 



Inflammation of the brain is rare in sheep (except in 

 lambs), on account of the slight energy in the j^erformance 

 of their difiereut functions, and the symptoms are not as vio- 

 lent as in most other domestic animals. The patient eats but 

 little, or nothing at all, lets its head hang down listlessly, and 

 the head, the ears (which hang down loosely) and the interior 

 of the mouth are warmer than usual. The eyes are 

 shiniug and opened widely, the pulse and respiration are 

 accelerated, and the breath is warmer than in its healthy 

 condition. All visible mucous membranes are bright, red 



