DISEASES OP SHEEP. Hi 



quently harmless because the thick wool keeps the salivi 

 from the wound. 



Since I had an opportunity, about twenty years ago, ti 

 observe five mad sheep, I am able to give a correct de 

 scription of the symptoms. The disease began, as in al 

 animals, by general listlessness and sadness, but the oppc 

 site soon took place. The animals were very wild am 

 restless, and jumped constantly on other sheep ; their lool 

 was wild and threatening, and they attacked all objects i: 

 their reach, even men and dogs. Their restlessness an^ 

 excitement was very great. They ra^ about, stamped an< 

 bit the ground, butted their heads against it, and jumpe 

 about in a very peculiar way. Some of the sheep bleate 

 occasionally, producing a piercing shriek. The appetit 

 and rumination ceased even from the first, and a sort o 

 palsy set in. One sheep, which had been sick for thre 

 days and was kept .in the stable, was palsied so much ths 

 it could scarcely get up. Its eyes were opened widely an 

 glittered with peculiar lustre. It bit at a stick whic 

 was held in its reach, and even at the iron prongs of 

 dung-fork, so violently that its mouth began to blee( 

 After I had opened the stable-door, it sprang up and mad 

 an attack on men. A dog that went barking up to th 

 sheep could not intimidate it, although it was generall 

 very easily frightened. It even attacked the dog and mad 

 it retreat. No fear of water could be_ discovered. All o 

 the mad sheep died on the fourth and sixth days. 



The appearance of madness after the bite is not limited t 

 any definite time. It has been observed after eight day 

 but may not break out until after several months. In tli 

 above-mentioned case, five and six weeks respectively ha 

 elapsed. The post-mortem examination yielded uncertai 

 and unimportant results. The dead bodies were burie 

 deeply or burnt, and the stable well cleaned. Especiall 



