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sibly even decreased. Sometimes attention is attracted to in- 

 fected dogs, when tliey exhibit signs of itching in the anal region, 

 and either lick it or slide on their hannches. 



One may find proglottides in the feces, in vomited matter 

 or in the region of the anns ; ova of Bothriocephalus are found 

 in the feces, occasionally also ova of taenia. Laxatives ought to 

 be given in doubtful cases, because these generally expel seg- 

 ments of taenia if present; however, T. echinococcus is frequent- 

 ly overlooked on account of its small size. 



Treatment and Prophylaxis. After starving the animal for 

 one day and cleaning out the intestine by mild laxatives or in- 

 fusion of water, the vermifuges are administered. In order to 

 prevent vomiting the animals should first receive some muci- 

 laginous soup. It is sometimes necessary to introduce the vermi- 

 fuge with the stomach tube, after the stomach has previously 

 been anesthetized; for this purpose one may use a mixture of 

 0.1 gm. of cocaine, 1.0 of a 0.1% sol. of suprarenin with 10.0 aqua 

 amygdal. amar. (10-30 drops), or anesthesin (0.5 gm.) (Uebele). 

 The vermifuges to be used are : Kamala (2-8 gm. in milk, honey 

 or syrup), the last, besides being a reliable anthelminthic, acts 

 as a laxative. Extractum filicis maris (0.5-5.0 gin.) in pills, or 

 better in gelatine capsules ; 1 to 2 hours later, 30-50 gm. castor 

 oil must be administered, or the drug may at once be applied in 

 castor oil. Gmeiner recommends as very effective filmaron (0.2- 

 0.4-0.7-1.0 gm. in gelatine capsules or as oil of filmaron) ; when 

 this drug is used the animals should not be starved; this pre- 

 caution is necessary to prevent poisonous effect of the drug; 

 one hour after its administration castor oil should be given. 

 Flores Kusso (3-5.0 gm. in milk or water are given every hour, 

 repeated 2-6 times) ; arecanut (5-10 gm.) with butter in kera- 

 tinized pills; if there is no spontaneous defecation within two 

 hours, castor oil is to be administered; according to Scliiel the 

 dosage is as follows: 10 gm. kamala and 20 gm. arecanut are 

 rubbed up with cocoa butter into 25 pills and these are coated 

 with keratin and given in doses of 6 to 15 pills at a time. Regen- 

 bogen recommends Bengen & Co. 's worm capsules ; these contain 

 1 gm. arecanut and 1 gm. of kamala and castor oil (5 pills for 

 large, 1 pill for small dogs). Cortex punicae granati (5-50.0 gr.) 

 is macerated for 24 hours in a quart of water ; this is then boiled 

 down to one pint and given in three fractional doses at intervals 

 of one hour ; three hours after the last dose castor oil is admin- 

 istered. As home medicines are recommended, pumpkin seeds 

 (25-50) or turpentine (2-4 gm. with the yellow of an egg, re- 

 peated on several consecutive days). 



Prophylactic measures are the prevention of any chance 

 for the dogs to feed on infected organs, and proper cleanliness 

 of the coat to destroy fleas and lice. 



Literature. Dobbertiii, Uber d. A'erhalten d. weissen^.Blutkorperchen usw. 

 Inaug. Diss., 19u7. — Gmeiner, D. t. W., 1907, 514. — Mangold, Uber den niultikolareu 



