. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. FiG. 15. A Mature and Dividing Sporocyst. ; At first the sheep appear to thrive better than usual and rapidly make fat, which, however, is yellowish in color. Very soon the characteristic dropsy appears, a bag of fluid forms under the jaws, severe diarrhea occurs, and the animal soon becomes emaciated and perishes miserably by a slow wasting until completely exhausted. As the fluke does not inhabit salt water, salt marshes are safe pasture grounds; but it does not follow that salt given to the sheep is any sort of p
. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. FiG. 15. A Mature and Dividing Sporocyst. ; At first the sheep appear to thrive better than usual and rapidly make fat, which, however, is yellowish in color. Very soon the characteristic dropsy appears, a bag of fluid forms under the jaws, severe diarrhea occurs, and the animal soon becomes emaciated and perishes miserably by a slow wasting until completely exhausted. As the fluke does not inhabit salt water, salt marshes are safe pasture grounds; but it does not follow that salt given to the sheep is any sort of preventive or remedy. In fact, cure of the. Fig. 17.—Young and Mature Redia. disease is very rare, and only by the aid of accidental causes, so that this disease, is a true pestilence, killing nearly every sheep attacked, and it is only by due means of prevention that it is possible to avoid, it. These are the drainage of wet pastures, the use of pure water from wells, and to put imported sheep through a sufficient course of quarantine; carefully burning all the manure made by them so as to destroy any possible source of infesting the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, Henry. Chicago : American Sheep Breeder Press
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