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these was sick. The sick goat was emaciated, was very anaemic 

 in appearance, stood in the sun with his back arched and 

 head down, had a slight diarrhcea, and possessed very little life, 

 moving with difficulty when urged. The caretaker stated that 

 this was the general appearance of the greater percentage of 

 those that had died. 



This animal was killed and autopsied. The blood was very 

 ansemic in appearance. There was practically no fat in the 

 peritoneal cavity, the organs were pale, the mesenteric lym- 

 phatics were somewhat enlarged and soft, and upon section a 

 watery serous fluid oozed from them. The fourth stomach and 

 the duodenum contained myriads of worms— red from imbibing 

 the animal's blood — and small petechise were scattered over the 

 mucous membrane of these organs. There were many worms 

 of a different character in the csecum and in the colon. The 

 enormous number of these intestinal parasites was undoubtedly 

 accountable for the condition of this animal. Specimens of these 

 worms were preserved and later were identified by L. D, 

 Wharton. 



There had been no deaths among the cattle for some time 

 prior to BojTiton's visit, but two animals were very thin, and the 

 caretaker stated that they had exactly the same appearance as 

 those that had died. For this reason one was killed and autop- 

 sied to see if the cause of the condition could be ascertained. 



Upon autopsy the internal organs were found to be ansemic; 

 the heart, the kidneys, the spleen, and the liver were normal, 

 except for their pale appearance. Worms were found in the 

 bronchioles of the lungs, and there was a slight pneumonia in 

 the left principal lobe. Many worms were found in the fourth 

 stomach, the small intestines, the caecum, and the upper part 

 of the colon. There was a marked catarrhal enteritis in the 

 ileum and numerous petechiae. In many instances the worms 

 were dislodged from the mucosa with some difficulty. Speci- 

 mens of the worms found in the various parts were preserved 

 and later were identified by Wharton. 



The large number of these intestinal parasites was undoubt- 

 edly the direct cause of the emaciated and ansemic condition of 

 this animal. 



From the autopsies of the two animals picked out by the 

 caretaker as being identical in appearance with many of the 

 animals that had died, it is probable that a majority of the 

 latter were also heavily infested with intestinal parasites and 

 that these parasites were the direct cause of death. 



