188 PARASITES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Treatment of Taeniasis of the Cat. — For tseniasis of the cat the same 

 procedure may be followed and the same remedies used as for the dog. 

 The dosage, however, should be reduced and proportioned according to 

 the weight and age of the animal. 



Prevention consists in restraining the animals from feeding upon 

 rats and mice, — the intermediate hosts of their most common tape- 

 worm, — Tcenia tceniceformis. 



Treatment of Taeniasis of Sheep and Goats. — For several days pre- 

 ceding treatment of these animals it is advisable to feed moderately 

 upon green succulent food, avoiding bulk, as fodder and hay. Imme- 

 diately before giving the vermifuge all food should be withheld for a 

 sufficient time to make the animals quite hungry. Powdered areca nut 

 may then be given in one to two dram doses according to weight. It 

 can be administered mixed with bran or bran and chopped beets which 

 the sheep, made ravenous by their preliminary fast, will eat greedily. 

 Three hours afterward a purgative should be given and the evacuations 

 of each individual kept under observation for the appearance of tape- 

 worms. 



Other vermifuges reconmi ended are: (1) Oil of turpentine, one to two 

 drams, given in one-half to one ounce of linseed, cottonseed, or olive 

 oil, and (2) kamala, forty-five grains to one and one-half drams in thin 

 syrup or water, the dose to be repeated once at an interval of four hours. 



Treatment of Taeniasis of Cattle. — Where treatment is indicated for 

 the expulsion of tapeworms of cattle the animals should be dietetically 

 prepared as recommended for sheep. As a vermifuge, tartar emetic is 

 quite suitable for these animals. It may be given in one and one-half to 

 two and one-half dram doses in gruel. Oil of turpentine, three ounces 

 in a pint of linseed oil, makes a reliable remedy. Arsenic in daily 

 ascending doses for a period of fifteen days has also been recommended. 

 The vermifuge treatment should be followed by a purgative of glauber 

 salts. 



Treatment of Taeniasis of the Horse. — The existence of tapeworms 

 in the horse generally remains unrecognized during life. The symptoms 

 are those general to intestinal helminthiasis of horses, and the treat- 

 ment is quite the same as that for ascariasis (p. 234). The animal is to 

 be removed from work, kept from hay, and fed only upon mashes. After 

 at least twenty-four hours of such preparation, give two to four ounces 

 of oil of turpentine, and one dram of oleoresin of aspidium in a pint of 

 linseed oil. Tartar emetic is also quite effectual. It should be given 

 in two doses of three drams each at an interval of twelve hours. It 

 may be mixed with a gruel of linseed meal. 



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