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medicated vapor is beneficial. For this purpose one dram of oil 

 of eucalyptus and one dram of turpentine in one half gallon of 

 hot water is recommended. Confine the animal in such manner 

 that it is compelled to inhale the vapor. This is best accomplished 

 by placing the pail containing the solution in the bottom of a grain 

 sack and holding the nose of the animal in the mouth of the sack. 

 Treatment may be administered twice a day for several days. 



Animals suffering from parasitic infestation lose flesh and con- 

 dition on account of the heavy drain upon their vitality, conse- 

 quently such animals should be carefully fed on a highly nutritious 

 ration. In fact, good feeding is perhaps better than medicinal 

 treatment in case of lung worm infestation. 



Tapeworms (Tenia expansa), (T. alba), (T. denticulata). 



Several species of tapeworms infest cattle. They vary in length, 

 according to species, from seven to forty feet. It is seldom that 

 they do any appreciable harm. Therefore, they are not considered 

 of sufficient importance to merit a lengthy discussion in this bul- 

 letin. 



Tapeworm Cysts. There are several species of tapeworms which 

 in their adult form infest man and some of the lower animals, and 

 the larvae of which infest the flesh and internal organs of cattle. 

 Flesh of animals, which is infested with tapeworm larvae, is dan- 

 gerous when used as human food. The most important of these 

 species are: Tenia Echinococcus, a minute tapeworm which in its 

 adult form infests the intestines of the dog and which passes 

 through the larval stage of development in the liver of cattle, sheep, 

 hogs or people; and the Tenia Saginata, a large tapeworm which 

 passes its adult existence in the intestines of people and which 

 passes through the larval stage in the internal organs and mus- 

 cular tissue of cattle. The recognition of this kind of parasitic in- 

 festation is almost impossible in the living animal; hence, no 

 symptoms will be described. 



Post Mortem Findings. Hydatid cysts may be found in the liver 

 of animals. These bladder-like structures, varying in size from that 

 of a pea to as large as a baseball and are filled with a clear fluid. 

 Microscopic examination of the membrane lining the cysts dis- 

 closes the presence of large numbers of tapeworm larvae. 



treatment. As previously stated, beef measles is the larval 

 'form of Tenia saginata which passes its adult existence in the in- 

 testines of people. This being the case preventative treatment con- 

 sists in the proper disposal of human excrement so as to avoid 

 contamination of streams, pastures and other food supplies of 

 cattle. 



Treatment of dogs with remedies for the destruction of tape- 

 worms is the only practical method of controlling infestion with the 

 larva of Tenia Echinococcus or hydatid worm. 



