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Eighteen of the 344 lambs lanibed died before reach- 

 ing market. The cause of their death was due principally 

 to worms, but several were lost through accident. -The 

 worms were more severe on the weakest lambs of the flocks. 

 As a remedy for this disease the instructions by Dr. E. L. 

 Moore from Press bulletin No. 2 of this Station were fol- 

 lowed with good results : 



TAPE WORMS IN SHEEP 



The frequent number of cases in which loss of lambs 

 from parasites is reported, the predominance of tapeworms 

 in most of the cases which have been submitted for autopsy, 

 and the exhaustion of Bulletin No. 78, entitled "A Prelim- 

 inary Report on the Fringed Tapeworm of Sheep," indi- 

 cate the necessity for publishing the essential features 

 of this bulletin in press bulletin form. While the copper 

 sulphate treatment has been employed by us for tapeworms 

 alone, the indications are that the same treatment will 

 prove efficient for stomach worms and other round worms 

 also. 



SYMPTOMS Lambs which should be thrifty do not 

 do well, scour badly, and gradually die. A more careful 

 examination shows that the mucous membranes of the eyes 

 are pale and bloodless; soft swellings, in the more advanced 

 and chronic cases, appear under the throat and in the 

 neighborhood of the neck ; the gait becomes feeble, and the 

 body emaciated. Such symptoms are not characteristic 

 of any one particular parasite, but may be found in any 

 parasitic disease of sheep that is accompanied by mortality. 

 If effected with tapeworms, however, segments of these 

 worms will appear with more or less regularity in the 

 droppings, as distinct whitish masses. Post mortem exam- 

 inations should be made to verify the diagnosis. 



TREATMENT Treat each individual of the flock. It 

 may not itself be seriously suffering from the worms, but 

 it may aid in the further infestation of the flock and oc- 

 casion additional loss. 



