470 | FARM ANIMALS 
soles of the foot. Similar ulcers to those on the mouth appear on 
the feet and soon burst. Owing to the nature of the disease its 
contagion and danger, treatment should be in line of prevention and 
in destruction of infected animals. 
6. Footrot in sheep—A chronic inflammation of the 
foot, marked by ulceration, softening of the hoof, lame- 
ness and the discharge of a sticky material which has a 
very fetid odor. It is a contagious disease, and is pro- 
duced by a germ that lives in the soil 
and gains entrance to the feet 
through wounds and surfaces chafed 
by barbed grasses and stones, or by 
gritty clay, which becomes lodged 
between the toes and hardens there. 
Mild cases are best treated by making the 
FooTROT sheep stand for several minutes daily in a 
trough containing a disinfectant. In bad 
cases and where the hoof is underrun with pus, the horn and all 
overgrowths must be cut away so as to expose the diseased parts to 
the action of the disinfectant. The foot should then be dried, dusted 
with finely powdered burnt alum, and bandaged to keep out the 
dirt. This antiseptic treatment of the feet must be kept up daily 
as long as the disease exists. 
7. Fowl cholera——A germ disease and contagious, and 
attacking poultry of all kinds. Bad food may aggravate 
the trouble, but the germ introduced either in food or 
drink is the cause. At first the droppings take on a 
whitish color; diarrhea then results. The discharges be- 
come thin and watery, and at times are frothy and green- 
ish. Fowls thus attacked soon lose their appetites, be- 
come stupid, and are of sickly appearance. The head 
drops toward the body, the eyelids fall, and the fowls 
stand around as if doped. Some recover, but unless 
checked the flock will be materially injured. 
Dead fowls must be burned and lime and other disinfectants used 
to keep the disease from spreading. The well birds must be kept 
apart from the infected quarters. Care must be exercised that in- 
fection be not carried either by visitors or attendants from the sick 
to the healthy quarters. 
