Sheep management, breeds and judging; a textbook for the shepherd and student . ermenta-tion causes the first stomach to distend to its ut-most capacity. This stomach on account of itsabnormal size presses upon the lungs, and conse-quently interferes with the respiration, sometimesstopping it entirely, in which case death follows,or the stomach may even burst from the pressure. REMEDY FOR BLOAT. Trocars and knives have been used in tappingthe bloated sheep to let the gas escape from thestomach. The writer must confess that he neverhad any success with either of the two, perhapsdue to his own f
Sheep management, breeds and judging; a textbook for the shepherd and student . ermenta-tion causes the first stomach to distend to its ut-most capacity. This stomach on account of itsabnormal size presses upon the lungs, and conse-quently interferes with the respiration, sometimesstopping it entirely, in which case death follows,or the stomach may even burst from the pressure. REMEDY FOR BLOAT. Trocars and knives have been used in tappingthe bloated sheep to let the gas escape from thestomach. The writer must confess that he neverhad any success with either of the two, perhapsdue to his own fault in operation. But he takespride in giving to his readers a remedy, still un-known to many and not yet published the sheep that is bloated is not found alto-gether too late, and the overloaded stomach has notbeen pressing too heavily upon the lungs or has notburst, the sheep can be saved. Quickly find a pail,run to the first cow you see that is giving milk,draw out from a pint to a quart of it, come back tothe sheep as quickly as possible, and give about a. J3 > Prevention and Treatment of Parasites. 123 half pint of the warm milk to the sheep by means ofthe drenching bottle. If it does not stop groaningand stretching in a short time give it another halfpint of milk. Soon after this you will see theanimal draw in its bulged-out sides and begin tolook smaller, and after a little it will have regainedits natural form. The writer has saved manybloated sheep in this way. Remember that themilk must be warm from the cows udder. Coldmilk does not absorb the gas as the warm milkdoes. Give the milk as warm as possible, and becareful not to choke the sheep when dosing it inthis bloated condition. SOME COMMON MEDICINES HELPFUL TO THE FLOCK-MASTER. It is generally conceded that if a sheep once getssick not much can be done to save it. The writer,however, is not exactly of this opinion. Trueenough, if a sheep has pneumonia and its lungs arebadly affected death is gener
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