BLINDNESS IN SHEEP.
CASES AT KKHTAJU'-NA
At a recent meeting of the EketaImna branch ol: the Farmers" Union, My. W. P>. .Mathiesuii iv]iorted tinit lie had mustered a paddock ot 240 ewes, and he found eighteen quite blind. lie could not account for tlu.s large percentage, and consequently communicated with Mr. !:eakes, head of the Btock Depratment, who had instructed Mr. Howard. (Government Veterinarian, to inspect the flock. 31 r. Howard, carefully examined the afiicted sheep, and although not able to definitely pronounce the cause leading up to the blindness, said he believed it was due to ants, as some of the shee}j displayed marks on the eyeball. The complaint, Mr. Howard pointed out was not contagious, and the whole of the sheep evidently got it from the one cause. Tlic advice received had been to wash the eyes with sulphate of zinc, and ke p the sheep in a dark shed during the day-time.
Members expressed the opinion that blindness was generally attributed to irritation caused by grass seed getting into the eyes, and no ether solution had yet been put forward. The ant reiercd to is known as the :'red ant" and is particularly destructive to poultry.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5777, 4 March 1912, Page 3
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199BLINDNESS IN SHEEP. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5777, 4 March 1912, Page 3
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