CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAPTER VI. 



PAGE 



The Sewage Question referred to — Prevalence of Tapeworms 

 amongst the Burates explained — Measles in the Heart — 

 Tendency of Cysticerci to perish by Calcareous Degenera- 

 tion — Practical value of a knowledge of this fact — Degree 

 of Temperature necessary for the Destruction of Bladder- 

 worms in flesh — Statements of Dr. Lewis as to what consti- 

 tutes well done meat — Four kinds of Tapeworm Larva are 

 found in Cattle — The common Hydatid — Remarkable Speci- 

 mens collected by John Hunter — Prevalence of Echinococci 

 in Indian Cattle readily accounted for — The slender-necked 

 Bladder-worm — The many-headed Hydatid — Cases of " Grid" 

 in the Ox — Employment of the Trephine — Records of 

 Sturdy in English Cattle unduly scanty . . . .48 



CHAPTER VIT. 



Round Worms of the Ox — The small tailed Strongle gives 

 rise to Husk, or Hoose — Remedial Measures demanded — 

 What is really required — Five species of Strongle infest 

 Cattle — The toothed Pentastome — Entozoa of the Sheep — 

 Outbreaks of Rot — Prof. Simond's Memoir — Occurrence of 

 Rot in Australia — Dr. Rowe's Experiences — Watery Mutton 

 comparatively innutritious — Can the Rot be stamped out ? 

 — Radical Cures and Palliative Measures fail in advanced 

 Cases — Tapeworms in Sheep — Epidemic in Lambs recorded 

 by Mr. Cox — Gid, Turnside, or Staggers — Pathological In- 

 dications — Ccenuri not confined to the Brain — Bladdery 

 Rabbits— Treatment of Gid— The Mutton Measle . . 63 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Nature of the Lamb Disease — Hares similarly affected — The 

 Common Lung Strongle — The Long Strongle — The main 

 question for Agriculturists— Eight Species of Nematode 

 Worms infest the Sheep — Bots and Pentastomes not to be 



