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Ailing  Animals 
Answered  by  Dr.  A.  S.  Aelxander 
Tapeworm  Infestation 
We  have  often  heard  that  tapeworm 
could  be  transmitted  to  humans  through 
eating  haw  beef  or  pork.  I  supposed  that 
the  worm  was  in  the  stomach  or  intes¬ 
tines  and  if  so  how  does  the  germ  or  egg 
get  in  the  flesh  which  we  eat?  Now 
comes  the  statement  that  if  the  hens 
have  tapeworm  which  they  sometimes  do 
eating  the  eggs  raw  will  transmit  it  to 
people.  If  this  be  true  does  it  follow  that 
the  worm  can  be  transmitted  to  the  chick 
if  the  egg  is  used  for  incubation? 
New  York.  d.  w.  s. 
Two  species  of  tapeworms  harbored 
by  dogs  may  also  infect  man.  Children 
are  most  likely  to  be  attacked.  The  in¬ 
fection  is  contracted  by  man  through 
fleas  or  lice  of  dogs  which  harbor  the 
tapeworm  in  one  stage  of  its  life  cycle. 
Licking  of  the  face  by  an  infested  dog,  or 
of  candy  or  food,  may  also  cause  the  in¬ 
fection.  Prevention  calls  for  restraint 
in  the  liberties  of  dogs,  especially  in 
their  association  with  children.  Chil¬ 
dren  should  not  be  allowed  to  handle 
vagrant  and  neglected  dogs.  Dogs  kept 
about  the  premises  should  be  treated  oc¬ 
casionally  to  rid  them  of  worms  and 
should  be  kept  free  from  lice  and  fleas. 
The  two  tapeworms  of  man  are  Tenia 
solium  and  T.  saginata.  The  cysts  of 
the  former  are  harbord  in  pork  and  of 
the  latter  in  beef.  When  they  infest  the 
flesh  or  muscles  of  the  harboring  animals 
the  meat  is  termed  “measley  pork”  or 
others,  clucking  prodigiously  !  I  tried  to 
follow  her  to  her  “lair,”  but  she  was  too 
clever  for  me,  until  yesterday  I  discov¬ 
ered  her  under  the  shrubbery  in  an  angle 
of  the  stonework  of  the  house,  sitting  on 
16  eggs,  about  half  size.  Not  caring  for 
Fall  babies,  I  took  them,  and  every  one 
of  them  contained  a  well  developed  chick. 
She  must  have  bribed  others  to  lay  there, 
or  began  sitting  when  barely  five  months 
old.  The  stock  is  almost  a  non-sitting 
strain,  too,  but  wonderful  layers ;  I  have 
the  Francais  Barred  Rocks.  I  do  not 
allow  any  cockerels  to  run  with  the  pul¬ 
lets,  but  one  escaped  bounds,  and  as  he 
is  such  a  fighter  I  left  him  alone;  one 
among  06  seemed  harmless,  but  I  have 
landed  him  as  one  of  next  season’s 
breeders.  The  pullet,  since  her  bereave¬ 
ment,  has  “licked  up”  everything  in  sight. 
Bristol,  Conn.  A.  N.  w. 
Chronic  Diaorrhea 
What  is  the  cause  of  a  horse’s  bowels 
being  too  loose?  I  can  never  feed  her 
any  bran.  I  am  feeding  her  Timothy 
hay  and  whole  oats  mixed,  about  half, 
with  buckwheat.  I  was  giving  the 
horses  buckwheat  on  account  of  worms. 
Would  the  buckwheat  do  it?  Sometimes 
I  give  them  a  little  green  cornstalks. 
Would  that  do  it?  F.  C.  N. 
If  the  mare  has  a  long,  weak,  “washy” 
coupling,  or  in  other  words  is  tucked  up 
like  a  greyhound  in  the  flank,  she  is 
naturally  a  poor  keeper  and  will  -always 
Calf  Born  with  a  LucJcy\  Seven 
A  friend  of  mine  knowing  that  I  had  a  calf  with  the  figure  seven  in  its  forehead,  told 
me  that  in  The  R.  N.-Y.  of  July  14,  there  was  a  picture  of  a  cow  with  the  same  mark. 
I  live  on  a  farm  seven  miles  from  Nantucket  town  on  the  outskirts  of  a  village  called 
Siaseonset.  This  calf  of  mine  is  a  grade  Guernsey.  The  sire  came  from  Cohasset, 
Mass.  The  picture  was  taken  by  some  Summer  visitors  that  I  had  out  driving.  I  am 
proud  of  my  calf,  and  in  reading  the  item  about  the  cow  in  The  R.  N.-Y.  I  notice 
that  seven  is  a  lucky  number.  If  anyone  deserves  luck  it  is  a  farmer.  Sidney  R. 
Folger,  Nantucket  Island,  Mass. 
“measley  beef”  and  is  dangerous  unless 
thoroughly  cooked.  Butchers  who  some¬ 
times  eat  bits  of  raw  meat  during  their 
work  are  most  liable  to  become  infested 
with  these  tapeworms.  Undercooked  or 
raw  meat  always  is  to  be  feared.  Even 
salting  and  peppering,  in  sausage  is  not 
enough  to  remove  the  danger  of  eating 
raw  meat  in  any  form.  Raw  or  under¬ 
cooked  pork  is  also  liable  to  infest  man 
with  the  tiny  or  microscopic  trichinae 
spiralis  and  fatal  result  ensue.  Pork 
never  is  safe  for  use  unless  perfectly 
cooked  and  is  most  wholesome  in  the 
cured  as  well  as  the  cooked  condition. 
The  ripe  segments  or  joints  of  tapeworms 
voided  by  man  may  be  responsible  under 
certain  circumstances  for  the  presence 
in  cattle  or  pork  of  the  condition  or 
disease  termed  “measles.”  Each  ripe 
segment  of  the  tapeworm  T.  Saginata 
contains  in  the  neighborhood  of  10,000 
eggs,  and  8  or  10  segments  are  passed 
by  an  infested  person  daily.  Barnyards 
occupied  by  cattle  and  hogs  should  not 
be  infected  in  that  manner,  any  more 
than  raw  meat  should  be  eaten  by  man. 
Neither  should  human  excrement  be  used 
as  a  fertilizer  for  top  dressing  purposes 
before  it  has  been  treated  for  destruction 
of  tapeworm  eggs.  Hens  do  not  infest 
man  with  tapeworms,  so  far  as  we  are 
aware.  We  have  mentioned  the  danger¬ 
ous  sources  of  such  parasites.  The  dan¬ 
ger  in  eating  raw  eggs  would  be  from 
contact  with  the  shells  possibly  con¬ 
taminated  with  excrement.  Tapeworm 
eggs  of  poultry  may  also  adhere  to  con¬ 
taminated  eggs.  These  should  be  cleansed 
before  incubation  or  setting. 
A  Precocious  Pullet 
I  think  I  have  the  most  ambitious  pul¬ 
let.  She  was  hatched  April  10.  1923, 
laid  her  first  egg  on  September  1.  and, 
with  several  others  joining,  every  day, 
until  September  15.  when  she  disappeared. 
I  know  her  “personally,”  as  she  is  a  per¬ 
fect  specimen,  except  a  crooked  tail.  A 
few  days  later  she  came  to  feed  with  the 
be  likely  to  scour  when  driven  or  worked 
until  warm  or  tired.  There  is  no  remedy 
for  that  condition,  as  conformation  can¬ 
not  be  changed,  but  a  horse  of  the  build 
will  be  less.  likely  to  scour  when  not 
give  water  just  before  work  or  during 
a  drive.  Carrots,  strange  to  say,  some 
times  help  in  chronic  scouring,  whether 
the  washy  condition  is  present  or  not, 
but  they  are  not  a  certain  remedy.  If 
the  mare  is  of  good  conformation  she 
should  not  scour  if  some  care  is  taken 
as  to  feeding  and  management.  Feed 
whole  oats  allowing  1  lb.  for  every  100 
lbs.  of  body  weight,  in  three  feeds,  as  a 
day’s  ration,  and  in  Winter  when  she 
has  to  work  hard  a  few  ears  of  corn 
may  be  added  at  noon.  Allow  a  like 
amount  of  hay,  feeding  most  of  it  at 
night.  Do  not  give  any  bulky  feed  at 
noon  when  the  mare  has  to  work  hard 
and  do  not  work  her  immediately  after 
a  meal.  Allow  the  drinking  water  before 
feeding  and  let  the  mare  take  rock  salt 
or  block  salt  at  will,  a  lump  being  placed 
in  the  manger.  Buckwheat  should  be 
omitted.  It  is  “strong”  feed  and  always 
likely  to  cause  a  rash  or  “hives”  of  the 
skin,  as  it  does  in  some  people.  It  may 
have  induced  the  loose  condition  of  the 
bowels  in  the  case  in  question  as  might 
any  sudden  change  in  feed.  Green  corn 
or  corn  stover  would  also  be  a  very 
probable  cause  of  temporary  scouring.  It 
may  be  added  that  we  have  never  heard 
of  buckwheat  being  useful  as  a  remedy 
for  w  orms  in  horses.  If  the  scouring 
persists  when  the  feed  has  been  changed 
add  to  each  feed  a  pint  of  browned  wheat 
flour.  If  that  does  not  suffice  mix  in 
each  feed  a  tablespoon  of  a  mixture  of 
two  parts  of  precipitated  chalk  and  one 
part  each  of  subnitrate  of  bismuth, 
powdered  catechu  and  powdered  alum. 
The  dose  of  this  mixture  may  gradually 
he  increased,  if  it  proves  to  be  necessary. 
Carrots  may  be  fed  the  coming  Winter. 
Start  with  a  few  and  increase  until  the 
bowels  are  regulated.  If  they  aggravate 
the  scouring  condition  they  will,  of 
course,  have  to  be  omitted  from  the  ra¬ 
tion.  It  is  not  in  every  case  of  scouring 
that  they  help.  a.  s.  a. 
