The History And Present State of the Sheep-Breeding Industry in the ...
The History And Present State of the Sheep-Breeding Industry in the ...
Herbert Gibson
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The general treatment of the entire flock by making the sheep walk through a foot bath not less than twenty feet in length, in a preparation of either carbolic acid mixed at 1 to 50, or arsenic in the same proportion. Another equally simple and practical preventive is recommended, viz, driving the sheep over a dry floor covered with lime. 4. Avoid as much as possible allowing sheep to Digitized by Google 142 THE SHEEP-BREEDING INDUSTRY depasture in the paddock where the diseased ones have been ...feeding. Destroy any part of the hoof removed from the diseased animal, and the straw bedding on which it has lain when being treated. Remove in like manner every cause of contagion by which the disease may become propagated. There is little doubt that in certain parts of the country, notably in the south-east of the Province of Buenos Aires, the dampness of the land underfoot and more particularly the humidity of the atmo- sphere render the merino breeds of sheep, such as the Negretti, Rambouillet, and others, an unprofitable stock for the '*estancia," by reason of their weak and easily-injured hoofs.
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