BOTS AND WOBMS. 137 



the horse's tongue and lips, these eggs are carried to 

 the mouth, and so on down to the stomach, where 

 the eggs, farther developed in the form of grubs, are 

 attached, by means of their hooks, to the sides of the 

 organ, while their heads remain floating in its fluids, 

 upon which it feeds. Having arrived at maturity, 

 they are separated, pass along the intestines, and are 

 expelled with the dung, after which they again burst 

 the shell, and rise in the summer in the form of the 

 gad-fly- 



SYMPTOMS. Some horses are supposed to suffer 

 much from bots, while others, in the most perfect 

 health, have an abundance of them. Often there are 

 no symptoms to indicate their presence, but generally, 

 when in great numbers, the horse loses flesh and 

 strength, until he becomes a skeleton, and can scarce- 

 ly move about ; he has turns of griping pains in the 

 belly ; eats and drinks greedily ; the oats pass off 

 undigested, and the dung has a bad smell. The 

 only sure criterion of the existence of bots or worms 

 is their presence, hanging about the anus, or mixed 

 with the dung of the animal. 



There are also the long round worms, similar to the 

 common earth worm, and the small pin worm, half 

 an inch or more in length, which often causes itching 

 and uneasiness at the anus. 



TREATMENT. To eradicate worms or bots from 

 the system, give fifteen drops of the WORM SPE- 

 CIFIC, D D, each night and morning, with regular 

 and healthy feed, and the worm symptoms will soon 

 disappear. 



