CANTERBURY LAMBS DYING

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6667, 21 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

CANTERBURY LAMBS DYING

INTERNAL PARASITES THE CATTBE KEEOL OR LYSOL DRENCH. Mr A. M. Paterson, M.E.C.V.S., of the New Zealand Government Live Stock Division, reports that there is considerable mortality among the lambs throughout South Canterbury, the cause of death being the inflammation of tho fourth stomach, resulting from the activities o’f a small worm, which is present in enormous numbers. Animals swallow the eggs of these parasites While grazing on low lying, swampy ground, or drinking water from shallow stagnant pools. Even when such an invasion takes place it does not always follow that the sheep will die; if they are in good condition and fed on nourishing food and the weather dry and warm, they will not likely die or show any indication of the presence of worms in: their stomachs. But when the opposite conditions prevail, there is bound to bo trouble. It is safe to say that had the farmers given their lambs a little crushed oats during the past month', or the sheep-lick'of salt and crushed oats which has been so often recommended, they might have heard nothing of the present serious mortality. Failing the oats the animals may be drenched with two ounces of the following mixtureKerpl or Ly-. sol, i pint; water or milk, 3 gallons.