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a run at grass, may be taken as an indication that bots 

 are present within the stomach. 



Treatment. — Improve the condition of the horse, so 

 that the debilitating effects of the bot's presence may not 

 interfere with the general health and condition of the 

 horse, for it must be born in mind that no medicine can, 

 or will, dislodge or destroy those parasites short of kil- 

 ling the horse, also. Once the eggs are into the stomach, 

 which is the natural nursery for their protection, and 

 propagation of their species, therefore they cannot be 

 removed by force. In one year from the time the eggs 

 are taken into ^the stomach, will the bot be a perfect 

 chrysalis, and will fall from the coats of the stomach, 

 and be expelled with the excreta or dung, and in a short 

 time after they will be provided with wings, and fly about 

 and commence the propagation of their species, which 

 pass through the same period of probation or incubation, 

 as the original progenitors of their race. Give iron and 

 gentian, in addition to good feeding, to prevent the bots 

 from delibitating the animal too much. Powdered sul- 

 phate ' of iron and gentian root, each three drachms. 

 Mix, and make one dose, to be repeated twice a week, 



(2.) Fundament Bot. — Like the stomach, but are 

 also the result of a run to the grass ; but instead of the 

 eggs being deposited upon the legs, they are stuck to the 

 muzzle or lips of the horse, and are the color of the 

 skin, hence not often seen. 



Symptoms, — The following year, during the summer 

 months, the larva of this species will be seen sticking 

 about the anus, and under the tail, which in spirited 

 horses prove a source of great uneasiness and irritation. 



Treatment. — Injections of linseed oil, or tobacco 

 smoke. 



