DISEASES OF SHEEP. S 



retains its vigor, that recovery may be expected ; afterwai 

 death ensues in most cases. 



The prevention of the disease requires proper care an 

 food, and everything which might give rise to the plague ( 

 support a cold must be avoided. 



The treatment of the disease, when the latter becom( 

 visible, must not be delayed. As soon as the first signs ( 

 symptoms, particularly a repeated cough, appear, the animi 

 should receive very rich and nutritious food (even grain 

 and must be removed from the influence of rain, moistui 

 and cold. To strengthen the digestion and revive tl 

 action of the skin and kidneys, a lick composed of worn 

 wood, calamus-root, tar, oil of turpentine, salt and oa 

 groats, is given every three or four days. A teaspoonfi 

 of a mixture of turpentine one part and brandy thr< 

 parts, poured daily dowit the throat of the patient, rendei 

 good service. All these remedies, however, are of visib! 

 avail only as long as the animals remain livel^ and vigorou 

 retain their appetite and are not yet troubl< I with difficu 

 respiration. On the other hand, if the f limal has bee 

 sick for a long time, is weak and lean, ciiughs much an 

 sufiers from a laborious or accelerated respiration, the diseas 

 mostly resists all attempts to cure it, and the worms in tl: 

 bronchi increase in number and cause an irritation whic 

 gives rise to incurable consumption of the lungs. 



Very proper attempts have been made to kill the worn 

 in the lungs, in the hope that they would be thrown out b 

 the frequently-recurring coUgh. This has succeeded in 

 few cases, but failed much more frequently. The patien 

 are placed in a narrow and if possible hermetically close 

 box, and are allowed to inhale the vapors arising froj 

 heating or burning horn-shavings, wool, feathers, tar, ve 

 milion or chloride of lime. This may be repeated da 

 after day, but owing to the small number of experimen 



