DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF SHEEP AND PIGS 457 
good pasture after being upon a poor one may cause impac- 
tion of the paunch. Certain kinds of food, such as a poor 
quality of peas, straw or clover hay, especially if musty or 
over ripe, may bring about the same condition. 
Symptoms. — The appetite is gone and there is an ab- 
sence of chewing the cud. The appearance is dull and the 
teeth are grated together. The breathing is short, accom- 
panied by short, quick grunts as a result of pressure upon 
the lungs from the quantity of food in the paunch. There is 
a general sort of stupidity in the actions and little passage 
from the bowels, and that which does come through is hard 
and dry. 
Pressure upon the left side over the stomach indicates 
that it is hard and tapping upon it causes a dull, heavy 
sound, indicating that the first part of the stomach is 
impacted with food. 
Treatment. — Give 
Epsom Salts ^ pound. 
Ginger 1 teaspoonful. 
Bicarbonate of Soda 1 teaspoonful. 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre.... ^ ounce or 2 dessertspoonfuls. 
Mix in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench, 
then wait for twenty-four hours to see if this dose will 
physic and clean out the stomach. If it does not physic in 
that time, give : 
Raw Linseed Oil ^ pint 
Spirits of Turpentine ^ ounce or 1 dessertspoonful. 
Mix and give as a drench. After the physic operates, to 
strengthen the animal, give: 
Whisky 1 wmeglassful. 
Ginger 1 teaspoonful. 
Bicarbonate of Soda 1 teaspoonful 
Oatmeal Gruel Yz pint. 
Mix and give as a drench three times a day until the 
sheep gets strong. 
5. Colic. 
This is cramps of the bowels. 
Causes. — Eating frozen grass or roots, taking a cold 
drink of water, or eating anything that disagrees with the 
bowels will cause it 
Symptoms. — The sheep lies down, moans, strikes its feet 
up against its belly, jumps up and seems quite easy for a few 
