So MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



INTESTINAL WORMS. 



A variety of worms inhabit the intestines of horses, 

 and when they become numerous often prove injurious 

 to the constitution of the animal. Although a respect- 

 able writer says they are not of much consequence 

 unless they are numerous, we would recommend that 

 the sooner they are expelled the better, however small 

 the number may be, for this simple reason — that 

 where there exists a single pair there will naturally 

 be an increase of their species. 



Symptoms. — Loss of appetite, griping pains, a rough 

 coat, and tucked-up belly, are symptomatic of worms 

 of the larger species, hmibriais teres, or long white 

 round - worms very much resembling in form the 

 common earth-worm, which is met with from five to 

 ten inches in length ; and itching of the rectum, 

 evinced by a quick twitching of the tail and a small 

 quantity of mucus, which hardens and assumes the 

 appearance of a white powder at the anus, is indicative 

 oi ascarides — small, needle-formed worms, which lodge 

 in the large intestines, and frequently find their way 

 in great numbers to the caecum. A third species 

 sometimes, although of much rarer occurrence, in- 

 habits various parts of the intestinal-canal from the 

 stomach downwards. This is the tape-worm, which 

 is known from its broad, fiat, tape-like appearance, 

 and consisting of many articulated joints. This 

 species is the most formidable and the most difficult 

 to be removed. 



Remedies. — When the symptoms which we have 

 pointed out are noticed, the groom should carefully 

 watch whether worms are voided, to ascertain their 

 existence. Still, however, they may be lodged in the 

 intestines without belnc^ evacuated ; and when there 



