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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
dressed with tar-ointment, and a rag rolled round it, and 
the anointing to be repeated every second day. 
FOOT-ROT. 
Symptoms. —-The earliest symptom of foot-rot is lameness, 
after which a fetid discharge issues from between the claws, 
and soon afterwards proud-flesh makes its appearance ; and 
this is followed by a gangrenous or cancerous aspect of the 
fleshy portions of the foot. 
Causes. —Wet, cold pasturage, is one of the chief causes 
of this complaint; and if the sheep are removed to a dis¬ 
tance when the horn is still soft, the effects of travelling on 
a hard road is almost certain to cause the rot. It is some¬ 
times produced in a sheep-house, where a number of suck¬ 
ling ewes are kept, from the heating nature of the dung, if 
not frequently cleaned out. Sheep which are afflicted with 
this disease frequently feed as well as when in good health; 
but notwithstanding this, they seldom thrive, and often 
rapidly lose flesh, and more especially their fat, which no 
doubt is caused by the copiousness of the discharge. 
Remedies. —As soon as sheep are observed to go lame, 
the feet should be inspected, and if affected with this dis¬ 
ease, the horn should be pared away, so as to permit the 
matter to escape. Caustic remedies are found the most 
effectual in foot-rot. Three recipes have been recommended 
as efficacious in this disorder ; these are as follows :— 
NO. I.-MILD RECIPE. 
Sulphate of copper . . 2 ounces ; 
dissolved in twelve ounces of water. 
Strong sulphuric acid . 2 drachms ; 
to be applied with a sponge or feather to the proud-flesh. 
