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ing all these worms, been infested with great numbers of lice, 
previous to death. The other two which were found unable 
to rise were helped up every morning and well cared for, but, 
after lingering along several weeks, finally died. The post 
mortem revealed about the same condition as the first one, 
except there were only a few of the large, round worms, and 
in addition a number of white worms, from one-half to two 
inches long, were found imbedded beneath the parietal layer 
of the peritoneum. These proved to be the strongylus 
armatus. These might have existed in the first one and 
escaped my notice, as I did not look especially for them. 
Another one of the colts, being very weak, in some manner 
fell and rolled down an embankment, from the effects of which 
it died. Post mortem revealed about the same condition as 
last two. Also found portion of the colon filled with blood 
clot, probably the result of the fall. The remainder of the 
herd, with good care, succeeded in getting through the 
winter, and began to gain as soon as turned to grass. They 
all received, as medicinal treatment, iron sulph. followed by 
an aloetic purge, and then the iron sulph. combined with veg¬ 
etable tonics. 
Case 111 .—My attention was called to another herd, con¬ 
sisting of ten weanling and one or two yearling colts, which 
were not thriving, although they received the best of care, be¬ 
ing well bred, some of them standard bred. On examining 
faeces, found they contained the small, red worms. They 
showed no symptoms of diarrhoea, and were not yet ex- 
tremelv emaciated. Thev were also affected with lice. The 
worms were eliminated by the same treatment given the others, 
and they all recovered. There were many older horses on 
the same farm, all of which remained free from the parasites. 
Numerous other cases of a similar nature were reported 
from various localities within the county. Although I did 
not see them all, I was led to believe they were from the 
same cause. 
Dr. G. W. Butler, of Ohio, in Journal of Comparative Med¬ 
icine and Veterinary Archives, Vol. XI, No. 9, also in AMERI¬ 
CAN Veterinary Review, Vol. XIV, No. 6, refers to this 
