WORMS. 



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Fig. 827. — Symptom of Worms, 

 piece of muscle that 



be prevented, as before stated, by giving bran mashes, carrots, and 

 raw potatoes ; or, if thought advisable, a little oil or physic, with 

 regular exercise and sufficient water, and there will usually be no dif- 

 ficulty. It is very important to look to this condition; neglecting 

 it, colic, inflammation of the bowels, etc;, may result. 



Worms. 



Worms are most commo'nly found in the stomach and bowels ; 

 they are also sometimes met with in almost - 

 every part of the body. Investigation shows 

 there are over thirty kinds of worms that 

 infest the horse. Dr. Robert Jennings, 

 about thirty years ago, at that tjme a res- 

 ident of Borden Town, New Jersey, now of 

 Detroit, Michigan, informed the writer that 

 he had traced out thirty different kinds in 

 the horse, and among others exhibited a 

 was perforated by a large number of little white worms from one 

 to two inches long. 



Mr. White, an old author, says : — - 

 I have found worms in the wind-pipe, in the mesenteric artery, in an abscess 

 in the substance of the abdominal muscles, and according to Lafosse, they have been 

 found also in the pancreatic and salivary ducts. 



There are but three or four that 

 are very common. First, the teres 

 lumbrici, a large worm from foUr to 

 ten inches long, that lives in the in- 

 testines. It looks like the common 

 earth-worm, yellowish white, and 

 tapered at both ends. Second, the 

 ascaris, commonly called needle or 

 thread worm, of a dirty white color, 

 usually from one to two inches long. 

 They are sometimes found in thou- 

 sands. They have been observed 

 chiefly inhabiting the mucous coat 

 of the caecum, on the surface of which, it is supposed, they are 

 developed in little cells, which, when matured, burst, producing con- 

 siderable irritation, and often serious inflammation of the parts. 

 They are also sometimes found to infest the rectum in large num- 

 bers, and to relieve the irritation they produce, -the horse rubs 

 his tail. 



Fig. 828.— The Appearance of a Horse 

 that is Troubled with Worms. 



