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SHEEP DISEASES. 



investigations seem to show that other animals 

 may be the distributing agent, the sheep being 

 the definitive host. 



No ant e-m o r t e m 

 symptoms are recog- 

 nized, and no treatment 

 nor means of prevention 

 is at present known. Re- 

 moval to a high, dry 

 range, and watering 

 from running streams 

 might prevent the para- 

 site from gaining a hold 

 in the band. 



While the meat of a 

 carcass of mutton af- 

 fected with this para- 

 site is edible, the numerous hemorrhagic spots ren- 

 der it rather unsalable. The diaphragm, perito- 

 neum and other abdominal muscles are the parts 

 commonly affected. 



9. Rare Parasites. 



Several other rare parasites infest the diges- 

 tive tract and circulatory systems of sheep, but 

 they are interesting merely from a scientific 

 point of view, and have no practical significance, 

 to the practitioner. 



SACS 



OF MlESCHER FROM 



MUSCLES. 



(After Ziegler.) 



