DISEASES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 805 



Cattle— Tartar emetic (Siss-uss), or arsenons acid (gr. !W), once 

 4aily for two or three days and follow with 1 lb. of Glauber's salts. 



Horses — Treat same as for round worms. 



Poultry — Areca nut in pills with butter (gr. xxx) and repeat in 

 three days. 



Class— Nemathelminthes, Round Worms. Order — Nematoda. 

 Family — Ascaridae. Genus — Ascaris. 



In the Ht)rse and Ass — A. megalocephala. Give tartar emetic 

 (3ii-iv), 233, in a physic ball of aloes, 568. Oil of turpentine (Siv), 

 503, with oleoresin of aspidium (Ji), 616, in pint of linseed oil; or,, 

 santonin (3iv) in oil, 623; or calomeIi(3i), 218, with santonin in 

 ball. Follow this treatment with course of iron, 201, and mix 

 vomica, 410, on feed thrice daily for weeks. 



t)og — A. marginata ; Cat — A. mystax. Santonin in castor oil, 

 623, or in pill with calomel; or areca nut, 617, in capsules or fluid- 

 extract. 



Poultry — Hens, areca nut (gr. 45) ; pigeons (gr. xv) ; in piUs 

 with butter every third day. Other remedies include: Arsenic, 

 226; creolin, 335; naphthol, 336; ether, 295; copper sulphate, 188; 

 tannic acid, 593; kamala, 619; tobacco, 426. 



Genus — Oxyuris, Whip, Thread or Pin Worm. 



Horse — O. curvula, mastigodes, vivipara. Enemata of strong 

 solutions of common salt, 141; of quassia, 556; or of lime water 

 after flushing bowel ^^dth soap and water. Also give internal treat- 

 ment as for round worms (see above). Tobacco, 436, ether, 395, 

 and kamala, 618, are also remedies. 



Dog — O. vermicularis. Treat as for thread worms in the horse. 



Family — S. Strongylidae. Genus — Strongylus. 



Horse— S. armatus and tetracanthus. Oil of turpentine, as 

 recommended for round worms, or thymol, 552 (H. 5ii; Foals, 3i)> 

 in ball coated with keratin, for five mornings, followed at end of 

 treatment by aloes ball, 568. 



Dog— S. (or Uncinaria) trigonocephalus. Hookworm disease. 

 Uncinariasis. Thymol, 553, given hourly for three doses (gr. v-xx), 

 preceded by 24 hours of starvation and followed by 3 compound 

 cathartic pills. Or oleoresin of aspidium (31-4-i), after 24 hours, 

 fast, and repeated in one hour and foUowed in 13 hours by dose of 

 castor oil, 572. 



Strongylidae in Cattle, Sheep, Lambs and Goats. Several differ- 

 ent species. Isolate sick, destroy feces and litter by fire; isolate 

 sick and disinfect infested pastures, as below, for preventive meas- 

 ures. Internally, oil of turpentine, 504 (giv), to cattle. To sheep; 

 thymol (lambs), Sss'; Sheep, (3i-iiss). 



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