Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-13
PARASITES IN THE LUNGS OF
SHEEP


From some unknown cause parasites
in the flesh, lungs, liver and brains of
domestic animals appear to be on the
increase in this country as well as in
Europe. Possibly the extension con-
sists not so much In more cases of dis
ease Of this character as in the true
cause being more generally found out
by men of science and critical research
with scalpel and microscope Without
this aid the trichena IN the flesh of
hogs, and many other microscopic or
ganisms would never have been known.
A correspondent of the Country Cen
tIe1aan, writing from Haddam, Connec-
ticut, says:
I'VE have had during the last four
years a disease In our sheep that has
baffied all our efforts to cure. as we did
not know what it was; and all that had
the disease have at last died. We have
lost about twenty sheep by this disease.
About the first of SANITARY, 1868, DIR.
Greasy, the veterinary surgeon of the
Board OF Agriculture, made an exam
ination of several, and found parasite
worm In the lungs which has long been
known In England, but this is the first
case ever brought to DR.. Cressy's no.
tice, and no mention is made of its be-
ing known In the United States in any
Of the books.
THE sheep effected run a little at
the nose, cough by spells, and when do
ing 1t, draw themselves up together;
stand with head down to the ground
and feet near together, with back
arched up; have very loose state of
the bowels towards the last stage Of the
disease. They grow very poor and
weak, often falling down as they walk,
and making hard work to get on their
feet again. On opening after death, the
lungs arefound very small, palein color,
and covered with whitish spots on the
outside, the underside Of the lung often
colored with purple spots; the air tubes
pale and stiff; and with a fine thread
like worm IN them from one to three
inches long-worm nearly white. The
lungs are often speckled with gritty
punches of a shelly character, and the
bowels covered with numerous punches
of like character. DR.. Cressy's remedy
IS to give teaspOonful of turpentine
twice a day.
H. S, Litchfeld county. Connect
cut, says in same paper: Tel R. B. of
Montezuma, n. Y, that his Cotswold
ram probably has the new disease NEW
in this country of worms In the lungs.
Let him give him teaspoonful of tur-
pentine twice or three times a day. I'M
til he begins to improve. This is said
to be a sure cure.
Mr.. James Slocun, of Brownsville.
Pa, of long and large experience in
sheep husbandry, says:
eff the disease puts on the follow
ing symptoms: Emaciation, weakness.
skin pale, thin, bloodless, no appear
ance of blood in the veins about their
eyes, excavations black, resembling
droppings from the pig. appetite good
and often voracious, eating to the
last, IN many cases unnatural, eating
earth and sOds greedily-it may be set
down as the paper skin or pale disease,
and upon dissection there will probably
be found myriads of small worms, and
mixed, less, sand, or other earthly mat
ter In the fourth stomach, and jointed
tape worms lie the intestines. If
worms were found in the dissected sub
ject, and the flock is not thriving,
would give of the following mixture to
each lamb in proportions Half ounce
spirits of turpentine to two ounces of
linseed (favored) oil, three tablespoon
fuls at a dOse-pouring 1t from the
spoon very slowly, so as not to strangle,
and that 1t may enter the proper
stomach, repeating the dose IN a few
days, if there was no improvement in
the health of the lamb, and the evacu-
ations continued black andropy. This
remedy has restored lambs so weak
that they tottered as they walked, and
saved large flock of lambs, now full
of vigor, strength and flesh. Tho
turpentine should not be given with
castor oil"
Spirits of turpentine is equally useful
to remove worms from children and
hogs as from sheep and horses. Gapes
in chickens arise from a similar para.
site. 1t seems as though man will be
compelled to study entomology in self
defence. or lose his farm stock, grains
fruits and vegetables. if not his chill