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20. The solution gave very satisfactory results when used as 

 directed. The great value of the bath is the large number of 

 sheep which can be treated together. 



21. Experiments carried out by the Cambridge University 

 Department of Agriculture showed that baths of a 5 per cent, 

 solution (i.e., 1 lb. to 1 gallon of water) at intervals of a month 

 did not cure foot-rot when the disease was established, but a 

 weekly bath of a 5 to 7 per cent, solution appeared capable of 

 curing a considerable percentage of cases. When foot-rot is 

 prevalent, weekly treatment is desirable, using the stronger 

 solution. For badly affected sheep, it is thought that stronger 

 solutions cr an ointment should be employed. There was 

 some evidence to show that an occasional bath will act as 

 a preventive of foot-rot. Of twenty-two lambs, one only 

 became lame after being put through a bath twice, although 

 the lambs were going with badly affected ewes. 



22. A solution of 1 lb. sulphate to 3 gallons of water was 

 successful as a cure and 1 lb. to 4 gallons as a preventive 

 when used once a week. When the treatment was begun, 

 half the sheep were more or less affected, but after treatment 

 there was scarcely a lame one to be seen. A dry day and 

 dry surroundings should always be chosen. 



23. The solution used at the rate of 1 lb. of sulphate to 

 1 gallon of water resulted in a complete cure in many cases, 

 but in some, especially where the disease broke out at the end 

 of the hoof, it seemed to require rather more drastic treatment. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have issued an 



order to take the place of the Epizootic Lymphangitis Order 



of 1904, which it revokes. The Board 



The Epizootic h ave inserted in the new Order such pro- 

 Lymphangitis . „ . U1 . . 



Order 1905. visions as appear to them desirable m view 



of the experience gained in connection with 

 the outbreaks which have occurred in Great Britain and Ireland 

 since the issue of the Order of 1904. The amendments em- 

 bodied in the present Order provide for (a) the transmission by 

 the police of notices of outbreaks by telegraph to the Board ; 

 (b) immediate restriction in case of an outbreak on movement of 

 diseased or suspected horses, and horses which have been in 



