GERMAN VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE—SHEEP. 505 
The questions put could be answered much better, and with 
more certainty, if they were separated and drawn up as follows:— 
1 . Were the sheep at A— really attacked by disease of the 
mouth as well as of the feet ] 
2. Were the cows, oxen, and other kinds of animals, also 
infected 1 
3. Was the disease of the mouth and that of the feet seen in 
conjunction from the first moment of attack until the animal got 
well or died 1 
4. Did this disease of the feet, in conjunction with disease of 
the mouth, prevail in the neighbourhood of A— at the same time, 
or shortly before, as an epizootic 1 
5. Did the sheep belonging to the peasantry come in contact 
with the infected flocks, either on the roads or pastures, and having 
done so, were they also attacked by the disease 1 
The following extracts from accounts given by several sheep- 
owners and large farmers of this disease tend to strengthen 
the opinion that it must have been chronic, and not epizootic. 
1. At the commencement of the disease, the flesh between the 
cleft becomes galled or excoriated, and the sheep begins to limp. 
As it proceeds a sore is formed in the cleft, from which there is a 
constant flow of matter, and in process of time the hoof falls off, 
and the sheep can no longer run about. But there is not the 
slightest trace of disease in any part of the animal excepting the 
foot. The sheep eats as well as ever, and appears otherwise sound.” 
2. This disease developcs itself in the following manner:— 
The flesh between the cleft of the hoof assumes a whitish hue, and 
the sheep begin to limp. As the disease increases, a very stink¬ 
ing purulent matter flows from between the cleft; and in a short 
time after this the hoof falls off, and the sheep can no longer walk, 
but are obliged to crawl along upon their knees. There is no trace 
of disease visible in any part of the animals excepting the foot, and 
they eat as well as ever.” 
3. “ The sheep first of all begin to limp, and an ulcer is formed 
between the cleft of the hoof. In some, the disease increases to 
such a height that they can no longer move, and in many cases the 
hoof comes off. Nothing seems to ail these animals besides, and 
they eat as well as ever.” 
Howsoever incomplete these descriptions of the disease which 
prevailed at A— may be, they nevertheless, seem to tend to prove 
it to be of a chronic contagious character. 
Hence the questions proposed to the su])remc court of judicature 
can only be answered in the following irianner:— 
(a) That two of the shoe]) brought from A— by the shepherd 
H. were, as has been testified by witnesses, suffering from dis- 
