DISEASES OF SHEEP. 10 



the sheep is very hot and thirsty, sensitive to pressure i 

 the region of the kidneys, has a stiff walk and suffers pai 

 on urinating. If the causes continue to act, tlie auime 

 ceases to take food, and colic, pain, fever, inflammation o 

 the kidneys and death ensue. The duration of the diseas 

 is generally two or three weeks, but it is rarely dangeroui 

 When no proper treatment is adopted, however, death ma 

 be the consequence. 



The cause consists in eating injurious plants in sprin 

 and winter when food is scarce, so that the animals ai 

 forced to browse upon the shoots of trees, especially of pin 

 trees. For this reason many head of sheep suffer at th 

 same time. Cow's-foot, wild rosemary, wolf's-milk and reec 

 plants cause hsematuria. 



If the disease appears in a flock, hay or straw should 1: 

 given to the sheep, so that they will not be too hungry whe 

 they arrive on the pasture-ground. They should not I 

 allowed to graze in the woods, and should be kept awa 

 from hedges, bushes and sour reeds. At first one-eight 

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

 solved in flour and water, and a few days later one-eight 

 ounce of alum, dissolved in water, or thirty drops of p^ 

 troleum or pine oil in flour and water, are given. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS. 



This comparatively rare disease is attended by an inflan 

 matory fever, a bent position on standing and by frequer 

 attempts to let urine, which is discharged in small quantiti( 

 and bloody. On applying pressure to the region of tl; 

 kidneys the patient evinces signs of pain. The animal fr 

 quently turns to look at its flank, is restless, paws with i 



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