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paralysis were reported from the Nicola Valley, Ashcroft, and the Marron 
Valley, during April. In the Nicola district several hundred ht,ad 
were sick and in various stages of paralysis, and a number died as a 
result of the tick infestation. Blow flies also causud much trouble. 
The recently dehorned cattle, when paralysed by the ticks, fell on 
the stony hillsides and broke open the healing wounds, thus giving 
access to the flies. The heads of many of the cattle consequently 
contained masses of maggots right into the core of the horns. 
