General Management in Disease 



larval form of a tape-worm, resident in the bowel 

 of the dog, known as " Taenia coenurus." Sheep 

 acquire this disease through drinking infected 

 water, or grazing upon infected land : hence the 

 advisability of keeping shepherds' dogs free from 

 tape-worm. In addition to the symptoms of 

 vertigo, the cranial-bone, over the seat of the 

 hydatid, sometimes undergoes softening, and shep- 

 herds very often remove the hydatid, there being 

 special instruments for this purpose. The fluid 

 and wall of the cyst must both be extracted. 

 The small white bodies in the fluid represent 

 the heads of future tape-worms, and must, there- 

 fore, be destroyed. The best method of dealing 

 with a sheep so affected is to slaughter. 



Swelled Legs {see Legs Swollen) 



Swine Fever 



Swine fever, also known as swine plague, is, 

 unfortunately, for pig breeders of this and other 

 countries, far to common; and, in spite of the 

 stringent regulations adopted by the Board of 

 Agriculture, it continues to be remarkably 

 prevalent. 



It is a specific disease allied to enteric in man, 

 without, in many cases, sufficient clinical phenomena 

 to render the diagnosis certain ; hence the reason 

 why the Veterinary Inspectors have so frequently to 

 make one or more post-mortems before a definite 



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