THE LIVER FLUKE IN SHEEP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6061, 21 April 1881, Page 3

THE LIVER FLUKE IN SHEEP.

Mr. G. Esibrsv, Master of the Gloucester School of Science, has been doing good work on the above subject. He has been collecting evidence from the members of the Gloucester Agricultural Club, aud a number of letters has been received by him, bearing, when taken in conjunction with evidence from either quarters, in a very important way on the liver fluke in sheep. Out of a total of 24 letters sent out containing queries, 13 answered, aud stated that liver rot had bean on their farms. The number of sheep effected on those 13 farms amounted to 1,1558 of which number 300 had died. The general conclusions arrived at were that all low lying illdrainedlands favoured the rot in sheep, aud it was pointed out that this was especially so on wet, ill-drained clay lands. Geological formations, it appears, had also something to do with its prevention as well as its devlopment, as it seems that in new and old red sandstone it \\ as prevalent, "while on the oolite it was rare. Food also, such as turnips, was found to be beneficial, and another piece of information not new to Irish farmers was that dry Reding in wet seasons was needed by sheep. The remedies, or we should rather say the pre\ entatives. for liver rot have been long ago pointed out by us in the columns of thi3 journal and are again put forward by the Gloucester Agricultural Chamber—we allude to the use of salt and lime. The use of salt b> the sheep kills the iluke in the stomach, and the lime on the land goes a long way in destroying it in its resting place there.—lrish Farmer.