INFECTION OF LAMBS.
NO SIGNS OF ECZEMA. A rumour has been current that lambs have been born Avith eczema or have contracted infection within a feAv days of birth. Inquiries made among farmers' and from the Department of Agriculture, have failed to substantiate this story, such cases as luiA r e occurred having been among the live flocks where infection took place earlier in the year (says a North Island exchange). Lambs have heen dying and have been bprn dead, but there has been no evidence available of eczema infection. Such deaths as have occurred have been the result of the lambs being Aveaklings or the eAves not being able to rear tlieir offspring properly. Such losses Avere. anticipated by responsible officials, as similar deaths have been recorded in past years when facial eczema has been recorded. As a result of contracting eczema the eAves have been Aveakened and the lambs have consequently suffered their constitutions being impaired, Avliilo the eAves Avere not in the good condition so necessary to rear a healthy, thriving lamb.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 20, 3 November 1938, Page 8
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