1 June, 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 493 
THE TAPEWORM INFESTATION. 
Tire following cure is recommended by the Harmer and Stockbreeder :— 
When a dog is known to be infested with tapeworm, the animal should be 
shut up and given one dram doses of saintonine, powdered areca nut, or half- 
an-ounce of turpentine. ‘Twelve hours afterwards he should have a dose of 
castor oil, which will expel the worms. The disease is easily detected when 
_ sheep are attacked. The animal will always turn its head to the side on which 
the cyst in the head is located. If it should be in the middle of the head, the 
sheep goes straight on. ‘The infected spot may be located by observing that 
it is sott over the cyst, and by punching the skull and cyst the serum escapes, 
and the worms die. If there are many cysts, each should be treated in the 
same way. 
