"BLACKLEG" IN OTAGO.
(By Telegraph.^ress Association.)
DU]SrEDI3r, Tuesday.
A disease known as "blackleg" has made its appearance' among the sheep at Loyell's Fiat. The leg of the sheep becomes swollen and inflamed, turning black, and death invariably ensues. The Stock Department has been communicated with. WELLINGTON, this day. Thci Stock Department believes that the • mortality amongst sheep at Lovell's Flat, Otugo, is due to blood poisoning- after shearing' and docking-.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6, 8 January 1902, Page 5
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