The Farmer's Veterinarian: A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Farm StockBurkett, Charles William
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The Farmer's Veterinarian: A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Farm Stock
Burkett, Charles William
Veterinary medicine
=NODULAR DISEASE IN SHEEP.=--Nodules resembling those of tuberculosis
found in the intestines of sheep, are due to the presence of parasitic
worms. Profuse diarrhœa and a pronounced anemic condition prevail. A
post mortem examination of the intestines discloses the presence of
numerous nodules in the intestinal walls. If the worm is present, no
treatment is possible, for the reason that any medicine that would
affect the worm would also affect the tissues and lead to their
destruction. Prevention, therefore, is the only means of overcoming the
disease. Sheep must be kept off infested pastures, and infested pastures
must be plowed and given over to cultivated crops. Give lambs only clean
pastures to graze over. This means crop rotation in connection with
sheep husbandry. No feed that has been tramped over by infected sheep
should ever be supplied to lambs or sheep not infested with the disease.
=OBSTETRICS.=--Difficult parturition is common in some females. And
frequently others, less bothered as a rule with any difficulty at this
period, deliver their offspring only after great labor and much
difficulty. When such cases occur close vigilance not only frequently
hastens delivery, but often saves the life of either the mother or
offspring or both.
[Illustration: NATURAL PRESENTATION OF THE FOAL
In either of these cases delivery follows in the usual order without
delay or injury to the mother.]
In many instances the trouble is seated in the womb; the neck of the
womb remains closed, and even though long-continued and vigorous efforts
are made, the offspring does not arrive. In cases of this kind
assistance can be rendered which quickly removes the difficulty. First
oil the hand and forearm and work the fingers into the passage, gently
pressing it open. If the womb does not yield to this treatment saturate
a sponge or cloth with extract of belladonna and rub it around the neck,
leaving it thus for a little while. On removing the sponge the passage
will open.
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