NEW SHEEP DRENCH

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 142, 3 July 1937, Page 19

NEW SHEEP DRENCH

Treating Black Scour Worms A new and effective treatment for parasitical wprms, and ip partipular the black scour worm in young stieep, is advocated in a repprt "froin the Australian. Council for Bcientifie and Industrial Rpgearch. Experixneixts made by experts have resulted in (he prpjscriiption for a drench epnsisting pf a fmixture of bluestone (copper sulphatpj and nieQtine aulphate. Except where grpwn sheep brought; on to infected iand frpm dry areas where they have never developed powers pf resigtance against the parasite, infection from black scour wornx is typic&Ry a disease pf lxoggets and weaners.- For the roason and becauso of the qeverity pf the mixture, it ns not advisable to use the drpnph indiscriminately. Rough usagp of syringes pr dronchxng gnns or an inc9rrect volume of Jijuid when drenching may result in the scalding of thfi linxng of mouthg or stoiaaehs. or even ;n poisonxng. Uosage is regulated according tp tho size, not the age, of sheep, and the report containp a caution that the 1 teaching must be dono slowly and patieutLy. Quantilies rpcominended arp; ---Lambs, 3-4 months, 1 pint; 46 pxonths, 1-14 pint; shqep, 6-12 months, it pint tq 1 quart; 19-18 months, 1-1 J • quart-; grotvn sheep, 1^-2 quartB.