IMPACTION IN SHEEP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18471, 7 August 1923, Page 10

IMPACTION IN SHEEP.

Impaction in sheep is a trouble that is always likely to occur in dry seasons when the grass has to a great extent become dried up, and when the water-supply is somewhat deficient; also in seasons when the supply of fresh grass has run short and the flock has had to be fed with a ration of hay to, supplement the grass. Drench, from time to time those sheep looking very hollow and off their feed with 2oz. Epsom salts in mild cases, up to 4oz. in , old , sheep, in half a pint "of water. For stud sheep, or farmer's breeding ewes near a homestead, 2oz. to 4oz. of Epsom salts in £lb. of molasses, and the whole dissolved in half a pint of hot water, can be tried. In some instances a. second drench should be given , a few days afterwards, particularly if relief; is not obtained after the' first dose. ■ In this case is recommended 2oz. to 4oz. of warm castor oil, or 2oz. to 4oz. of linseed oil but the warm castor oil for preference. This dose of oil is . rather preferable to following with another, dose of , Epsom salts. ■ If sheep are being fed on lucerne hay, it is advisable to dampen the fodder immediately before use; this should lessen the liability.'to impaction " ,*', ' '•