St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-21
DISEASES OF SHEEP
How to Treat Costiveness, the Most Com
mon Symptom of All Ailments.

DiSEASES Or SHEEP
How to Treat COstiyeness, the Most Conn.,
mon symptom of All Ailments.
The stomach of the sheep is very
large organ-a fact which veterinar-
ians frequently forget The veterinar-
ian usually takes the horse as his stand
point from which to Judge the sleeps
ailments and he might just about as
well judge from a tree as his standpoint.
Consult the average veterinarian, or
the average veterinarian work. and you
will very soon get the impression that the
best thing to be done with a sick sheep
is to kill it. There is not much that is
better as general remedy for sheep
than pugatives, and vet it is about the
last remedy recommended by the veter-
marian in general. Costiveness is a
very common complaint, or rather, a
symptom of disease in sheep. We
should very much like to know if our
correspondents sheep are inclined to
costlVeness. If they are, it is possible
that dose of Epson salts or raw linz
| SEED OIL, the most suitable and effective
purgatlve for sheep-four ounces of the
tomer or half a pint of the latter
would remedy the trouble This course
OF treatment relieves the bowels, re-
duces fever, lowers Inflammation and
restores tone to the stomach and liver.
1t may be mentioned in this connection
that stimulants ought always to be CIV
en- sheep in connection with the admin
lstratlon OF purgatives. Ginger is usu-
ally the most convenient for this pur-
pose and may be given in half ounce
doses. Or they may be administered
together, as, for instance, EPSON salts,
three ounces, ginger, one dram. mixed
in water
But there is cause of disease. as we
have frequently said. What is the cause
In any case? is the question, for practi-
Cal treatment can be of little avail, while
the cause remains to give impetus to
the disease. Sometimes it is next to
impossible to tell what the causes are,
and sometimes they can be determined
by careful investigation. Once we
had an inquiry from very careful
hofseman concerning disease which
was appearing in his stables. We knew
that he was careful hOrseman, and
knew that his horses re-
celVed what an intelligent, careful man
would esteem the best of care. Yet we
could account for the disease only up
On the supposition that the stables were
damp; and this turned out to be true.
The dampness was not great and had
the notice of our correspondent.
A stranger who was not accustomed to
enter these stables every day would
probably have detected it the moment
he entered them. We become so ac-
customed to our surroundings that we
do not fully comprehend often defects
that may be there.
There is certainly no such prolific
cause OF disease among sheep as damp,
impure air, impure water, want of
water, undertaking, overlooking, or
of feeding. We may be
permitted, too, to call attention to the
injury frequently done to animals of
his class by depriving them of salt.
Sheep that are not furnished with salt
will show the effect of the neglect.
We are reminded, too, that it will
lot be out of place here to suggest to
'ur fockmasters that the proper time
o prepare ourselves to ward off
disease, and to cure disease, is when
heep are in perfect health. Did YOU
yer think how little attention we paw
ither to ourselves or our animals
While in perfect health? It is when we
r they become sick that we begin to
asst about us for the means of insuring
ealth. But condition of health pre-
Imposes that the living is proper, and
hat If we continue the kind of living in
hitch we or our animals are in health
here will be no sickness. As the flock
laster is compelled, to very large
egree, to be his own veterinarian land,
s already said, to act in many par
culars in opposition to veterinary adj
ice, his only safety is in becoming well
lformed in regard to the nature,
ructure and diseases OF sheep.-Wes.
m Rural.