DISEASES OP SHEEP. 95 



md dry, the gait of the animal is unsteady, and it easily 

 itumbles and falls. It sometimes bleats repeatedly, but a 

 ivild, raving disposition rarely ever appears. The most 

 3ommon termination of the disease is death, which ensues 

 n a short time. The disease (almost exclusively in lambs, 

 bowever) easily passes into vertigo. The causes are almost 

 the same as in the latter disease. In order to cure the dis- 

 sase the sheep is kept in a cool place and bled immediately, 

 abstracting half a pound of blood. Internally, one-eighth 

 ounce of saltpetre and one-half ounce of glauber salts, dis- 

 solved in water, are given four or five times a day. This 

 is continued until an improvement is visible. Cold water 

 is poured on the head of the animal as often as possible, or 

 the head is kept cool and moist by other means. If no im- 

 provement is seen after several days, two small setons may 

 be drawn on the crown of the head, and suffered to remain 

 for two weeks, which prevent the termination in vertigo. 



DIARRHCEA AND DYSENTEEY. 



Sometimes a whole flock of grown-up sheep is attacked 

 simultaneously by diarrhoea in consequence of a sudden 

 change from dry to green food, and for this reason the dis- 

 ease prevails most frequently in spring. Like diarrhoea in 

 cattle, it is perfectly harmless. In many other cases, how- 

 ever, it may become dangerous, and even fatal, if it con- 

 tinues for a long time, and especially if any inflammation 

 of the bowels sets in. Only dry food should be given, and 

 a lick composed of wormwood, horse-chestnuts, oak bark, a 

 little pine oil and salt administered from time to time. A 

 drink composed of one-seventh of a quart of an infusion of 

 juniper-berries, with the addition of one ounce of brandy, 

 once a day, is very serviceable. 



