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BOTS OR GRUBS. 



The Bots or Grubs are small worms of a red 

 or brownish color^ found in the stomach, and it 

 is considered almost impossible for them to do 

 any harm, but a horse that has the bots, grubs 

 or worms, loses flesh, becomes hide bound and 

 dull. 



Symptoms. 



In thia. disease a yellowish matter is often 

 found under the horse's tail; he has pain, stamps 

 and rolls, switches his tail between his legs, 

 turns up his upper lip, and frequently looks 

 round" to his flanks, and often tries to rub his 

 fundament against the wall, or any other place 

 that he can. 



Treatment — ^Remedy No. 1. 



First give an active purge, and if that is not 

 sufficient to expel them, take 2 drachms of tar- 

 tar emetic, with a small quantity of tin or pew- 



