Sheep : their breeds, management, and diseases to which is added, the mountain shepherd's manual / by William Youatt.

  • Youatt, William, 1776-1847.
Date:
1869
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    dangerous. It has been given in doses of one ounce and a-half without producing the slightest effect. Two ounces have destroyed the sheep, not by superpurgation, but by direct inflammation. The tincture of aloes, how- ever, is a very useful, stimulating, and healing application to wounds. Two ounces of powdered aloes, and a quarter of an ounce of powdered myrrh, should be macerated in a pint of rectified spirit, diluted with an equal quantity of water. This will be found particularly useful in foot-rot when the caustic has eaten away the fungus, and the chloride of lime has removed the tendency to mortification. Alteratives.—The old alterative powder for horses and cattle will be very useful in the cutaneous diseases of sheep. It is composed of .^thiop’s mineral, nitre, and sulphur, in the proportions of one, two, and four—about two drachms being the avei^age dose, and to be given daily until the disease is cured. Alum is sometimes used as an astringent in the diarrhoea of lambs, but it is far inferior to the “ Sheep Cordial.” Antimony.—One preparation of it alone is in any considerable repute, the chloride, or butyr, in cases of foot-rot, as described under the treatment of that disease. Arsenic is used as a wash for sheep with scab, as described in the proper place. It is far from being an effectual application, on account of the diffi- culty of getting it fairly to penetrate through the wool; and when it does so penetrate, it becomes to a certain extent poisonous. Calamine.—See Zinc. Camphor.—Used externally in the form of oil for strains and swellings of the joints. Catechu.—An extract from the wood of one of the Acacia trees: an ex- cellent astringent. It is one of the ingredients in the “ Sheep’s and Calves* Cordial,” as described at p. 469. Chalk.—A valuable antiacid, and also an ingredient in the “ Sheep’s Cor- dial.” Corrosive Sublimate.—See Mercury. Digitalis {Fox Glove).—A valuable sedative, and entering into almost every fever medicine. Epsom Salts.—The very best purgative that can be administered to sheep, and in fact almost superseding every other. The dose from half an ounce to an ounce. Gentian.—The best vegetable tonic, and also superseding every other. Dose, from one to two drachms. Ginger.—An excellent stomachic and tonic, and forming an ingredient in almost every aperient drink. Dose, from half a drachm to a drachm. Iodine.—Often used with good eiTect, in the form of ointment, to dis- perse indurated tumours, and particularly in the udder. The preparation of iodine thus used is the hydriodate of potash, in the proportion of one drachm of the compound to seven drachms of lard. Lead.—The only preparation of lead that is much used in sheep practice, is the subcarbonate or the common white lead, in order to destroy the maggots of the fly. It is superseded by the spirit of tar. Lime.—The chloride of lime has great value as a disinfectant, and is given in small quantities to get rid of the gas in cases of hoove. Linseed Oil.—Used occasionally as a purgative when the Epsom salts will not act, or when great intestinal irritation is expected. Dose, from two to three ounces. Mercury.—The mercurial ointment when rubbed down with from five to Beven parts of lard, a safe and almost certain cure for the scnb.