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made into a bolus with treacle or honey, or else given 

 in liquor form, for which purpose there is nothing 

 more suitable than a dessertspoonful of treacle dis- 

 solved in two tablespoonfuls of warm water. A 

 sufficient quantity of treacle and water can be put 

 in a wide-mouthed bottle, the whole of the powder 

 then added, thoroughly shaken up, and divided 

 into 15 doses. Instead of the treacle a table- 

 spoonful of linseed oil can be used for each dose, 

 which will act as a laxative, thus rendering it un- 

 necessary to administer any further purgative 

 medicine. It is a good plan to dose all the hounds 

 at the same time, taking particular care to thoroughly 

 disinfect the kennel flooring afterwards. In whelp 

 bitches ought not to have worm medicine during the 

 later phases of gestation, but, as previously stated, 

 they should be cleared of these pests before the breed- 

 ing season. When hounds are affected with worms 

 the appetite is capricious, the coat staring, the 

 bowels irregular; there is occasional vomiting, but 

 above all a want of constitutional vigour, combined 

 with the general signs of unthriftiness. 



