8HKEP, the is diseases. 
The Biflex Canal. 
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The issue as it is called (biflex canal) in the front and upper part of 
the hoof, sometimes becomes irritated and swollen. Do not follow the 
advice of ignorant persons and “cut out the worm.” If anything ia 
embedded therein, extract it. If simply swollen and inflamed, and 
perhaps ulcerated, lance it in two or three places slightly and dress with 
compound tincture of myrrh. 
Maggoty Sheep. 
Often in hot weather, from one cause or another, flies will lay their 
eggs, either in a wound, or, if the sheep is dirty, in the accumulated dung 
about the thighs. The prevention is cleanliness. Keep the sheep well 
tagged, that is shear the wool from under the sides of the tail, and 
diagonally thence some ways down the thighs. If maggots exist they 
must be taken out, and the wounds touched with 
No. 12. 1 Port creosote, 
4 Parts alcohol. 
And afterwards bathed daily, until relieved, with tincture of myrrh. 
Other Diseases— Lung-Worms. 
This disease is caused by the presence of worms, the strongulus filaria t 
which sometimes make their way into the lungs, but are usually found in 
the windpipe and bronchial tubes and bowels of sheep. If there is 
dysentery, with fe+id stools, examine the evacuations and the mucus of 
the mouth and throat for indications of the worms. If there is a husky 
cough and quickened breathing ; if the sheep rubs its nose on the ground ; 
if it lose its appetite and flesh prepare the following : 
No. 13. 6 Oz. sulphate of mngnesia, 
4 Oz. nitrate of potash. 
Pour on theso three pints boiling water, and when the solution is miPt 
warm add : 
No. 14. 4 Oz. oil of turpentine, 
>• Oz. bolo armeniac. 
Mix well and give two or three tablespoonfuls every other day. 
hen the worms are supposed to prevail, the following may be mad# 
into twelve doses, one to be given once in two weeks, as a preventive i 
No. 15. 2 Oz. oil of turpentine, 
2 Oz. powdered gentian, 
2 Oz. laudanum. 
Dissolve in a quart of lime wateli 
This is enough for twelve sheep. 
