102 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE THROAT. 



Inflammation of the throat is rare in sheep, and commonly 

 disappears in a few days. Half a pound of blood is ab- 

 stracted by bleeding, lukewarm mucilaginous drinks are 

 given, and an embrocation of equal parts of volatile lini- 

 ment and pine oil applied to the throat after removing the 

 wool. 



SOEE MOUTH. 



Lambs and young pigs are mostly troubled with sore 

 mouths. In lambs small inflamed knots appear around 

 the nose, which are soon covered with a thick, whitish or 

 brownish scab. Sometimes the eruption extends higher up 

 and attacks the edges of the eyelids and ears. The malady 

 is entirely without danger, and it is only when the lips are 

 very sore that the animals are hindered in eating or sucking, 

 and they then lose more or less flesh. The cause of the 

 disease is unknown, but it seems that an abnormal condition 

 of the milk of the ewe has much to do with it. The com- 

 plaint generally disappears spontaneously, but the cure 

 may be aided by removing the scab with a blunt instru- 

 ment and moistening the sores with cream or oil. Internal 

 remedies are rarely necessary, but a teaspoonful of mag- 

 nesia may be administered daily. 



In pigs the eyelids are chiefly aflT^cted, and often appear 

 glued together and inflamed. In such cases the eyes are 

 moistened and washed with lukewarm milk, and we after- 

 ward subdue the inflammation with an eyewash composed 

 of one-sixteenth ounce of eye-stone dissolved in one pint 

 of water. If the pig is otherwise sick and does not eat or 

 suck, it is purged with one-half ounce of glauber salts dis- 



