Foot-rot.
Foot-rot is duo to two causes-—leav-ing sheep on wet, low-lying land, until the horn of the hoof has degenerated, and as the direct result of infection. The latter is far the more dangerous of the two; in fact, the former can hardly be said to produce the true foot rot, and is remedied by the removal of the soft and broken tissues. There is nothing more certain than that foot-rot is one of the most contagious diseases to which sheep are subject, and it is remarkable how seldom this fact is appreciated. Yet the evidence of it may be seen on every hand. There are some farms on which foot-rot is never seen; others from which it is never absent. Yet it may not enter the head of the owner of the fiock that it would be well to keep the sheep off some of the fields. The germ seems to have a tremendous vitality, and therefore the land in which it is known to exist should be closed to sheep for several years, and well limed.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 97, 28 August 1908, Page 4
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178Foot-rot. King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 97, 28 August 1908, Page 4
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