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DISEASES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Treatment. — Oil of turpentine, given as recommended for as- 

 carides, is one of the best remedies. Thymol (Horses, 3ii; Foals, 

 oi) is also an excellent agent given in ball coated with keratin after 

 twelve hours of abstention from food, repeated each morning for 

 four or five days, and followed by a physic ball of aloes. 



In the Dog. — S. or Uncinaria trigonocephalus. — Hook- Worm 

 Disease or Uncinariasis. This disease attacks dogs, and also man 

 to a considerable extent in the tropical and subtropical U. S. The 

 parasite (J4-^ in. long in caecum and small intestine) disturbs 

 digestion, leads to autointoxication and withdraws blood from the 

 bowel- — hence the symptoms. These consist in colic, constipation 

 alternating with diarrhea, weakness, wasting away, nosebleed and 

 other hemorrhages, marked anemia, edema and often death after 

 a long period. The disease is endemic among packs of dogs kept 

 together and is thought to be conveyed by drinking water contami- 

 nated with larvae, or possibly enter through the skin as they do 

 in man. Disinfection of the premises and utensils, after isolation 

 of the sick, and the use of pure water are the important preventive 

 measures. 



Treatment. — Thymol (gr. v to xx) given in capsules hourly 

 for three doses, after twenty-four hours of fasting, and followed by 

 two compound cathartic pills, forms an effective mode of treat- 

 ment. The oleoresin of aspidium is also efficient C5%-i, after 

 twenty-four hours' fast, repeated in one hour and followed in twelve 

 hours by a dose of castor oil). 



In Cattle, Sheep, Lambs and Goats. — Epizootic diarrhea, 

 wasting, with loss of strength and spirits, accompanied by high tem- 

 perature and often associated with husk (S. micrurus and filaria), 

 is the cause of much mortality among the above animals in many 

 parts of the world. As many as eight different species of strongy- 

 lus have been found and several species of hook-worms (uncinaria) 

 in different epizootics ; the abomasum and intestines being the chief 



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