DISEASES OF SHEEP. 11 



Palsy of lambs is not contagious. This has been prove 

 by experiment, and has hardly ever been doubted. If i 

 has appeared in a flock, all injurious influences which migli 

 continue to act must be immediately removed or avoidec 

 This is very important, because the cure is very difficul 

 A proper diet for the ewes is indispensable, and should coi 

 sist of good hay, straw, carrots, etc., in winter, while all vit 

 ated food, rotten carrots or potatoes, and poor water must h 

 avoided. Drinks of groats or oil-cake in water are als 

 objectionable. In summer the animals should be led to th 

 best possible pasture. The lambs should never be separate 

 too long from the ewes, to prevent their becoming too hui 

 gry and overburdening their stomachs by too much sue 

 when they are returned. They should receive suck t 

 least every three or four hours. The stable must be fre 

 from draught and not too warm, the best temperature bein 

 from 45° to 55° Fahr. Not unfrequently these precautior 

 prevent the spread of the disease and make it disappes 

 entirely. This must take place if the causes are removec 

 and lambs already afflicted will frequently recover withoi 

 further aid. All lambs which do not evacuate a liqui 

 yellowish excrement a short time after birth, which may I 

 recognized from the fact of its soiling the tail and the wo( 

 around the anus, are in danger of the disease, especially i 

 cases of it have already occurred in the flock. Their coi 

 stipation must be cured by giving them each a small tei 

 spoonful of glauber salts in water, and repeating the dos 

 if necessary until a thin excrement is discharged. Th 

 simple treatment is generally sufficient to prevent the di 

 ease, provided all directions about diet are followe( 

 Lambs which suffer already from the disease are also mac 

 to swallow a laxative like the above. In mild cases this 

 sufficient, but it proves unavailing when the disease rui 

 high. A very large number of remedies has been propose( 

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