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CHAPTER III. 



Tapeworms of Cattle — Cestode Parasites exhibit 



strange genetic phenomena the long tapeworm 



— Does it inconvenience the Boyine Host ? — Proves 

 fatal to Lambs — Treatment recommended — The 

 Toothed Tapeworm— Cestode Larv^: abound in Cattle 

 — The Beef Measle — Its prevalence in Northern 

 India — Experimental Eesearches in England and 

 Germany — Bt whom conducted — Method pursued — 

 Scientific results — The so-called Cestode Tubercu- 

 losis — Unscientific Persons should not be appointed 

 as Meat -Inspectors — Technical Information is neces- 

 sary. 



I now pass on to consider an entirely distinct group of 

 parasites, few of which are found in the adult condition 

 in the ox, although several species of the same order 

 attack cattle as internal parasites whilst passing through 

 their larval stages of growth. I allude to the Cestoda, or 

 tapeworms : and in this relation I may observe, once for 

 all, that a knowledge of the metamorphoses exhibited by 

 these singular creatures during their development and 

 wanderings is of the utmost importance, alike to the 

 student of veterinary medicine, to the physician, and to 

 the sanitarian or officer of public health. Furthermore, 

 the naturalist (if he be capable of grasping the significance 



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