LUNG WORM IN SHEEP.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1890, 16 January 1885, Page 2

LUNG WORM IN SHEEP.

mI e r\ h ' throu 8 h tJ'e'courtesy oflMr T. E. Tatham, of Homewood, Whafeanja, the following extracts tiressed-to him by B friend atiHawkk Bay, wh,ch will be rejid ;Tyith:interestJW all ;mter'ested'in dealing 1 with a dgßfe which threatens to be a district:— ■ 1 '"' ' '■ ' ■••: i

Dosing lainbslfor,lung. W orra;U-Ihav9 spoken to a good-'many people about th» matter, and from>hat I can gather from those who have experimented'on the,sut>ject, the following is now provee>lo be the best method to follow :-Mix"turpentine two/parts with one of. oil-,anil give each sheep half an ounce of the mixture repeating the dose at the endofohflweek.' A half ounce glass syringe is the'most convenient thing for giving tho-dose, M your mouthing alley with the sheep to be dosed—the alley should than three feet wide-let two: inenitahd in the alley to hold the sheeps mouths open | by. placing the - th« sheep s tongue, and the syringe js theu squuted upon the roof of the mouth by a •man outside the alley, You will find this not only the quickest. way, -buMWre is also less danger of the turps going down the wrong way than if the Bheep is caught and turned up. Four men and two boys -that is two. men,to hold-open the mouths of the Blieep, and two jfe.' syringes, one on each side oftheW> outside, with the two boys to hold the mixture handy-rwlll dose, as. fast- as it ii possible to fill-arid dfspKarge the syringes, and would get through a tremendous lot in one day. If "(Re mixture goes down the wrong way as : it very often does when the sheep are set up' singly, it almost invariably proves fatal, but taken stranding as above described, there are Ve'ryfew that do not take it right, Qneof-the-inain things, however, is tokeep theweafiersin good condition and let them have'plenty to eat through the autumn and "winter, and the lung worm is then very often coughed up; as the sheep is strong; and Vepy fewdeaths will occur, even without dosing, but the turpentine is a good preventive of the scour, ancj therefore does a lot of good in that way, ■. ; ■;