Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
WORMS BRING
DANGER TO DOGS
ACQUIRED BY ANIMALS IN FOOD
WATER, BEDDING AND
RECREATION
Pests Should Be Stamped Out With
out Loss OF Time


out Loss Of Time
There is hardly any limit 10 the
sources from which dog may become
infested with worms. He will acquire
them from his food. water, bedding.
motions. in pursuit of the flea. and he
is no. infreduently born with them, o.
oven when that is not the case they
are almost sure to he present by the
time he mas arrived al the mature age
OF one week Hence it will at once
he apparent what necessity there is
Tor the greatest attention 10 sanitary
detail throughout all operations con
nected with the kennels. as there il
no greater cause OF mortality among
puppies from the ase of one to tour
months. The worms often penetrate
he lining of The stomach. which Is
tantamount to certain death, and it Is
difficult TO treat them while they are
Stll in the nest.
Looking at the primary causes which
produce worms it Will be found that
there is an intimate connection, or per
maps il would be more correct TO say
an intimate relationship, between the
'apeworm which affects the internal
organs Of the dog and he irritant flea
/ hat plaques him externally. II has
been asserted by eminent scientists
nat the ova from tapeworm expelled
from a dog are devoured by fleas and
develop into what are known rs cryp-
tccysts. The dog bites himself when
irritated and swallows the flea that l.
causing him trouble Then the cryptic.
cyst is set free in the dogs stomach
aud proceeds TO develop into tape
worm once more. This explanation has
peen generally accepted and II solves
difficulty that many persons have
been unable to solve for themselves.
They cannot understand why their
Jog, which has never been allowed to
associate with other dogs and has
never been fed on anything like ottal
" hich would be likely to generate i'll
lestinal parasites, should nevertheless
suffer from tapeworm.
The explanation rests with the flea.
which leaves a dog once it has Oh
tanned cryptocyst. and takes up it's
abode on another dog by which 1t is
swallowed with the result desctibed
boye. One moral to be deduced from
these facts is the moral Of cleanll-
laess. Never allow a flea TO trouble
YOUR dog IL YOU can possibly avoid II
4 I his is perhaps rather large order.
but really there Is no reason why dogs
| should be troubled with fleas it only
they are kept perfectly clean, II has
often been inquired whether food has
Iaaything TO do with the production OF
worms and probably it has. Az mat
ter of fact worms themselves only
thrive under unhealthy conditions and
agular and systematic dosines with
medicines so as to keep the dog in a
thorough state of health will 20 long
way as preventive.
Whether it is possible to trace the
origin Of worms 10 food it is impossi-
Bile to state. but there is a good deal
to be said about stale dog biscuits.
which have been lying perhaps for
months in shop and which in cons p
ouence have been attacked by insec'..
such as small beetles and other crea
lures which attack flour and all cereal
preparations, If possible it is good
plan to buy all food of this kind dlrec'
from one OF the firms who advertise
them ana not to buy too many at onc".
Then there can be no question as to
their freshness and freedom from the
risk indicated. II is a great mistake
not TO take dog in hand at once when
he is suspected of ha wing worms an,
give him thorough dosing straight
way, so long as any trace or theS"
pests remain the dog will he more or
less unhealthy and out OF sorts In the
case Of puppies it is positivci" danger
Gus to let the matter 90 on.