DISEASES OF SHEEP. IH 



is at hand, is useful, It is not advisable to open the swell 

 ings of the joints, because a malignant suppuration anc 

 caries would generally result. In order to improve the con 

 dition of the whole body, cold baths at about 50° Fahr., tc 

 which are added very strong chamomile tea, a little sal 

 and wood-ashes, are prescribed. The lamb must remain ir 

 the bath half an hour, and its body should be strongly 

 rubbed. It is then dried, wrapped in a woolen blanket 

 and allowed to remain in this way for six hours in th( 

 warmest part of the stable. This treatment produces ai 

 increased action of the skin, which frequently brings abou 

 a cure. If the forces of the lamb, and with them its appe 

 tite and liveliness, return, a cure may be expected with cer 

 tainty, and all that remains to be done is to see that th( 

 animal frequently receives suck and that it is kept warm 

 The stiffness, which often remains for weeks and months 

 gradually disappears, and the swelled and distorted joint 

 regain their natural condition and flexibility. 



MAGGOTS. 



The disease called maggots is produced by a general uu 

 healthy condition of lambs and one-year old sheep, ii 

 which a large number of small worms or maggots (th( 

 Strongylus contortus) are formed in the stomach. Its symp 

 toms are very similar to those of the lung worms, with th( 

 exception that the respiration is unimpaired and no cougl 

 or wheezing is produced. Both diseases sometimes appea: 

 together. The disease may be recognized with certaint] 

 only after opening the dead body, when the whole systen 

 is found to be pale, flabby and lean. In the runnet-bag 

 and sometimes in the duodenum, the above-named wormi 



