The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-20

and js tho medium Of propaga!iDg The dis
ease among healthy flock. When tn
disease Ia allowed 10 run lis course tn
: hoof wall aloughs, beginning At tn
bottom and breaking OF, separating
from its limiua, and in a very shorf
time the os pedis will be found denudcd
and fungus growth rapidly springs "
which b!eeds freely. The diseaae II left t
run on will end In necroais or dea,h OF III,
bone, necessita,ing death Of the animal, o.
loss Of one or all Of It's limbs. In warn
weather the liberated or decayed feet be
come hy.blown and soon Ill with mag
gots. and tho suffering animal lieu with Ii.
ieet bent under liza body; the part touched
by the exudcd puss soon excoriates ant
makes sore tho aurface which It touches
which in q few hours will be alive with
msggots, and the sheep dies, thus endins
itssuiiering. }.l'.a
In other casea lees aeyeze, the foot vii
20 through successive inilammatory
changes, and II properly treated or put Uni
der favorable circumstances will recover
in longer or shorter period, according tc
the character and hygienic surrounding o.
each case. l,,,E ~ aGiI OIN
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The treatment OF the disease should be
First, preventive, and second, curative
The preventive treatment consists In isol.
atiDg all diseased tlocks and keeping then,
away from healthy onee; allow no diseased
sheep 10 DO bought or sold. To this end
the laws OF State should be enforced to
prevent the transportation OF diseased ami.
mails from one place 10 another. Each dis.
trictahould have ils inspector 10 see that
the disease Is properly handled, and when
1t breaks out on farm as an endemic,
the said farm should DO quaran,iued, so
that the disease could not have chance to
spread. Another source Of spreading the
disease Is tho public highway which Is ire.
quently used rs runs for all classes o. ami
mails. The diaeass is rapidly transmitted
from one flock to another, so that the pre-
ventive lorm oil treatment can only be car.
ried on successfully when farmers Co.
operate with one another; to do thp, they
must have protection Of law to Ggsis, in
carrying out necessary eanitary regulations
| The curative treatment consists in eepsr-
ating the diseased from healthy sheep, and
placing them in good dry nas!ure, in which
the grass is not too long. Each sheep must
be caught and all loose, detached horn re-
moved. II the hoof is grown too long, re.
move 1t with drawing knife, The Ulcers
must be washed clean and treated accord.
Ing to the symptoms presented. II the foot
Is just affected, and the inhammstory pro.
cess hes not gone on TO any great extent,
the foot should be washed with some an.
tlseptic lotion, in mild cases such as the or.
binary white lotion composed OF sugar OF
lead and eulpha.e Of zinc, Of each, malt a
pound 10 be dissolved in one gallon OF wa.
Ter. II there is any proud flesh or fungus
growth, stronger agents, such as the min.
eral acids, mus. be employed, and OF these
sulphurc will be found the mes. beneficial
in destroying the growth and checking The
progress Of the disease. W.
DIRTY hut NECESSARY WORK,
When large number sheep have TO be
treated at the same time, it will be found a
very hard matter to attend to all properly,
but without great deal OF hard and dirty
work nothing can be accomplished with
this most disagreeable disease, g
There are many different dressings made
Tor the cure Of the malsdy, sulphuric acid
being the active principal OF the most OF
theEe; sulphate Of copper is also very use.
iul remedy; in the form Of wash, It will
be found 70 exert a very beneficial effect;
solutions OF arsenic may also be EMPLOYED
to great advantage, and by some writer's
this is thought to be preventive
as well as d curative measure. The
butter OF ansimony will also be
found Of advantage fused with discretion,
nitric acid, carbo!ic acid and many other
agents have been used with good results.
But the whole sum and substance OF
treatment is the free use OF astrinpen,s,
caus'ics and antiseptics, with course o:
alternatives and tonic medicine. The ad-
mlDistration Of sublimed aulphur With
common salt should in all cases be recon-.
meuded. In the application Of the differ.
ent Washea great precaution is necessary,
as they are all poiaont; md af.er applyins
care should be taken that they do not 90
Oh a grassy field and thus poison other
animals.
..sT DRESSING A FLOCK. .,.- A b Lid.
The following is the best plan for dress.
ing large number: Make an enclosure
80 that 1t leads to a passage, through which
only one sheep can pass ut time, at thc
euu OF WHICH place trough twelve fee.
long by two feet wide by ono deep, slopipp
ut both ends. AT the entrance have
dressing board Oh which the animals NAV
be laid and examined. All looae horn
should be entirely detached aud the in.
haucd parts dresseG; then allow the ami.
NAL to pass through the trough in which
one or the other Of tho antiBeptic washes
above named ig contained. There should
be draining board for the wash to drip oil
and 80 placed IS to run back into the
trough, then let the sheep 80 into a dry
place, barn or shed. This should be done
at least once week, or oitener il necessary.
The only disease with which foot-ro,
might BIO coniounded ia the eo.called foo,
and mouth disease, or more properly ecza.
ma contagioss; but il the symptoms are
clcssly noticed there need be no confusion
or mistake in the diagnosis. Iu the one the |
separation OF the hoof wall commences al
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