340 Diseases of Cattle, 



months calves are noticed to cough and gasp, they should be 

 carefully examined for the signs of this worm. 



Treatment. — Affected calves should be separated from the 

 rest of the flock, so that none of the eggs of the worm con- 

 vey the disease to the remainder. They should be placed in 

 a dry stable, protected from dampness, and caused to inhale 

 two or three times a day the fumes of burning sulphur. If 

 this is done for fifteen or twenty minutes at a time, and con- 

 tinued for two or three days, the worms will generally be 

 destroyed. 



The vapor of chloride of lime is also said to be destruct- 

 ive to them. 



Or, instead of inhalations, a small dose of turpentine, 

 about half an ounce, may be given in gruel daily, for a few 

 days. Or a teaspoonful mixed with double the quantity of 

 sweet oil may be poured into the nostrils. This is, however, 

 liable to choke the patient if carelessly done. Two or three 

 doses, at intervals of two or three days, will effect a cure. Or 

 the turpentine may be given in the following tonic combina- 

 tion : — 



No. 388. Oil of turpentine, i oz. 



Carbonate of iron, 2 drachms. 



Gum mixture, 4 oz. 



A tablespoonfiil to be given night and morning. 



Or— 



No. 389. Linseed oil, ^ 4 oz. 



Oil of turpentine, 1 oz. 



Oil of carraway seed, 20 drops. 



Give half this dose morning and night, to a calf six months old, and 

 repeat it in ten days. 



Half a pint of lime water every morning will destroy the 

 worms also ; but a teaspoonful or two of turpentine with it 

 adds to its efficiency. 



