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CATTLE 



Warts are frequently seen on young 

 animals in such abundance as to make them 

 look unsightly. The skin of the abdomen 

 and side of the neck may be almost covered 

 with them. Just what induces the 

 growth of these cutaneous 

 tumors, it is impossible 

 to say. Many writers 

 recommend their re 

 moval with a knife 

 or tying a string 

 tightly around 

 their base. To 

 do this in some 

 cases would 

 be almost 

 equal to 

 skinning the 

 animal. 

 Little alarm 

 need be felt 

 because of 

 this condition. 



The proba- 

 bilities are they 

 will disappear 

 after animal gets 

 to pasture. 



Warble Fly, some- 

 times spoken of as Gad 

 Fl}', resembles to some ex- *" 

 tent the Bot Fly affecting horses. 



In certain sections of the country 

 the warble fly is quite prevalent and as it 

 causes a peculiar condition in cattle, atten- 

 tion is called to it. The fly is very similar 

 to the bot fly, laying its eggs somevvhere 



upon the legs of cattle. Its flight is ex- 

 tremely rapid and quite often unseen. Its 

 presence is detected by the actions of the 

 cattle. The fly deposits its eggs on the hair 

 of the legs, which are taken into the 

 mouth when the animal licks 

 the part. The young lar- 

 vae find a resting place 

 back in the throat, 

 from whence they 

 graduall}^ find 

 their way pos- 

 nbly by fol- 

 ing the path 

 of least re- 

 sistance until 

 they reach 

 the back of 

 the animal 

 where they 

 become 

 lodged and 

 complete part 

 of their life 

 cycle. By the 

 late winter 

 months they are 

 almost matured, 

 and their presence is 

 indicated by small 

 swellings appearing on the 

 cow's back. These swellings 

 become soft and the warble is re- 

 leased, then buries itself in the ground and 

 emerges in a few days as a full grown fly. 

 Prevention. In sections where the fly 

 is known, grease, vaseline or some mild oil 



"WOODBINE LAD." Prize Winning Hereford BuU— Henrietta, Texas 



