The domestic sheep its The domestic sheep : its culture and general management domesticsheepits01stew Year: 1900 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 368 inou crude petroleum which are repulsive and fatal to tlie fly and maggot. When the fly 'strikes' a sheep it will often wander away, and unless found and treated will be literally eaten up. Watch the ewes at weaning time for this pest as the udder may become caked, and the fly will strike. THE SHEEP LOUSE—TKICHODECTES SPHAEROCEPHALUS. The mere exposure of sheep to any disturbing influence is disastrous. Thus the louse, by which the sheep is annoyed, is suff


The domestic sheep its The domestic sheep : its culture and general management domesticsheepits01stew Year: 1900 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 368 inou crude petroleum which are repulsive and fatal to tlie fly and maggot. When the fly 'strikes' a sheep it will often wander away, and unless found and treated will be literally eaten up. Watch the ewes at weaning time for this pest as the udder may become caked, and the fly will strike. THE SHEEP LOUSE—TKICHODECTES SPHAEROCEPHALUS. The mere exposure of sheep to any disturbing influence is disastrous. Thus the louse, by which the sheep is annoyed, is sufficiently worth notice in this regard to cause the shepherd to tciKe the due precautions to secure the sheep from the annoy- ance of it. The red-headed Sheep Louse (Frichodectes Sphaerocephalus) was almost unknown in this country until recent j-ears. It is now


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