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cucumerina. What is known as the gid tape- worm 

 (TcBfiia ccBnurus), has its hydatid or resting-home in 

 the sheep, and in one situation, viz., upon the brain. 

 When sheep and lambs are troubled the affection 

 is spoken of as sturdy, or gid, also as sturn sickness, 

 and a variety of local appellations. Blindness and 

 a want of control over the movements are signs 

 well known to flock-masters. It is unfortunate that 

 these ruminants should be troubled in this manner, 

 but much can be done by keeping dogs off pastures 

 and by the periodical dosing, say three or four times 

 a year, for worms. There are numerous other 

 entozoa infesting the dog, but the foregoing are the 

 principal ones. All hounds, both adults and puppies, 

 should be dosed at least three times a year for worms, 

 and all worm medicines give the best results when 

 administered to a dog that has been fasted for a 

 time, ranging from six to twenty-four hours. Worm 

 medicines that kill the worms are known as vermi- 

 cides; those that expel as vermifuges; whilst a 

 remedy that is useful for tape-worms only is known 

 as taenifuge. All purgatives are more or less vermi- 

 fuges, but a drug that merely expels once is not to 

 be relied upon as an efficient remedy for such pur- 

 poses. All brood bitches require to be kept par- 

 ticularly free from internal parasites, especially 

 from Ascarides or round-worms. There are an ex- 

 traordinary number of worm medicines on the market. 



