DISEASES OF SHEEP 



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lowing : Dissolve one ounce of copper sulfate in two quarts of 

 boiling water. Use only copper sulfate of a uniform blue color. 

 Avoid that which is in conglomerate lumps with white patches 

 and covered with a white crust. The owner is cautioned against 

 guessing at the weights and measures, for this is likely to result 

 in too strong a solution, which will kill the animal, or in too 

 weak a solution, which will fail to be effective. Prepare the 

 animals for treatment by fasting from twenty to twenty-four 

 hours. The dose is as follows : — 



The medicine is given in the form of a drench as suggested for 

 stomach-worms. If, after dosing, any of the sheep seem to be 

 suffering from an overdose, indi- 

 cated by lying apart from the 

 flock, not feeding, manifesting a 

 painful, excited look, and a 

 spasmodic movement in run- 

 ning, walking with a stiff gait, 

 or purging with a dirty brown 

 discharge, take the affected ani- 

 mal from the flock to a shady 

 place and dose with laudanum and 

 milk. For a lamb four to six 

 months old, give a tablespoonful 

 of laudanum in a tumbler of 

 milk. Repeat half the dose in two or three hours if necessary. 



Fig. 155. — Champion Cotswald 

 Ram. Photograph from the 

 National Stockman and Farmer. 



