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and more troublesome than the blues tone or copper sulphate, but 

 is liable to have a more injurious effect upon the animal. The evening 

 before the animals are to be treated they should be kept off feed and 

 water and the medicine administered the next morning. 



To prepare the copper-sulphate solution dissolve 1 ounce of copper 

 sulphate into 3 quarts of water. Avoid copper sulphate which 

 shows white patches. The solution is administered as a drench. A 

 kid 3 months old should be given three-fourths of an ounce, at 6 

 months 1J ounces, at 12 months 2\ ounces, at 18 months 3 ounces, 

 and at 24 months 3? ounces. 



Common salt acts to a certain extent as a preventive against 

 infestation of internal parasites, and the importance of this should be 

 kept in mind in handling goats. 



The best method of avoiding loss from internal parasites is by good 

 feeding and the use of a series of pastures arranged so as to avoid 

 keeping the animals too long on the same ground, which as a result 

 of contamination with the droppings from goats harboring the para- 

 sites becomes more and more heavily infested the longer it is used for 

 grazing. Where the goats can browse normally there is little danger, 

 but when they are kept on grass pastures the danger increases. 

 Bureau of Animal Industry Circular 157 discusses the life history of 

 the stomach worm and methods of preventing its injurious effects. 1 



TAKOSIS. 



Takosis is a disease which played havoc some years ago in a number 

 of Angora herds. The disease has occurred in a few herds of milk 

 goats and is one that is to be greatly dreaded. The symptoms are 

 somewhat similar to those accompanying a parasitic invasion of 

 diarrhea and pneumonia. The disease is discussed hi Bureau of 

 Animal Industry Bulletin 45. 2 



MALTA FEVER. 



The disease known as Malta fever has been endemic on the island 

 of Malta for many years, and its presence in other parts of the world 

 has been recognized from time to time. In the United States it has 

 been found in Texas and New Mexico. Its origin in these States is 

 indefinite, but it is stated that it prevailed in Texas when the common 

 goat was the only type in the country. The disease can be trans- 

 mitted to man. In localities where the disease is prevalent it is con- 

 sidered best to heat the milk before using it. Bureau of Animal 

 Industry Circular 215 discusses this disease. 3 



1 This circular may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing OflBce, 

 Washington, D. C., for 5 cents. 



2 For sale by Superintendent of Documents, 10 cents. 

 * For sale by Superintendent of Documents, 5 cents. 



