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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR, 



What to do. — The remedy for Hcks consists in careful currying and 

 picking them off. This can be dene if the herd is small, but to avoid over- 

 looking the small ones, which are just as injurious as the large ones, sponge 

 them thoroughly once a week with No. 55, or i)arafiin oil, till all ticks are 

 killed. All ticks that are pulled or curried off should be burned. For 

 lice on cattle, the following will be found among the best remedies in use: 



No. 55. 



Yi Pound of tobacco, 

 1 Gallon of "water, 



Steep for cwo hours. 



HEAD OF TAPE- 

 WORM GOT BY 

 EATING BEEF. 



Wash the affected animal with this infusion thoroughly, using it warm. 



rV. Tapeworm. 



It is not necessary here to ge hito a dissertation on the tapeworm. 

 The microscopic eggs (a single worm is estinrated to lay as high as 25,- 

 000,000) are passed with the exuviae of dogs, and are taken up by graz- 

 ing stock. 



One of the forms in which it exists in cattle is the cystic, found in 

 the muscles. The parasite which is the mature tape- 

 worm is found in the bowels of the human family, and 

 in animals, especially dogs. The cut shows the head of 

 a tapeworm of the species known as taenia mediocan- 

 ellata. 



Prevention. — .Prevention of the parasites in the imma- 

 ture form in stock consists in destroying all exuvice of 

 dogs in pastures, wherever found. Once encysted in 

 animals, there is no remedy. For prevention of tape* 

 worm in the human family, eat no meat, not even 

 smoked meat, without thorough cooking. 



V. Mange. 

 There are a number of j^aiasitic insects which attach themselves to ill- 

 conditioned cattle, producing itching. The latter is intensely aggravated 

 in hot weather. A species of dermatoco'ptes^ similar to the itch or scab 

 insect, is the most prolific cause of this class 

 of affections. There is also a microscopic 

 insect, the gamasus of mustyhay, which 

 sometimes infests the skin of animals feed- 

 ing thp^'oon. The cut shows the last named 

 insect 'ligl/Jj' magnified. Treat about the 

 same as for mange in the horse. (See page 

 530). 



VI. Ringworm. 

 Tbif IS somewhat common in cattle, show- 

 GAMASUS OF MUSTY FODDER. jj;,g ^g ^ greater or less number of round bald 

 spots, coveied with white scales, and surrounded with bristly or split hairs 

 ^hica dre scabbed around the root8» with some eruption o» ^h& t^biiL 



