Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-28

10 UTy vi GOiNI. NSeitilSl
i The eggs and larvae, until the lat
ter reaches the final or resting stage.
are easily killed by drying or freez-
ing.
When the infested grass is eaten
by a sheep the capsule around the
Iyoung worm Is dissolved by the
moisture and juices of the stomach.
liberates the larva which rapidly de-
velops into the adult worm and 10
soon ready to begin reproduction.
Stomach worms wary in length
from three-fourths Of an inch to
l 10 inches, and are about the size
Of coramon pin.
In a badly infested animal exam
ined soon after death the worms may
be found in the true stomach as
wriggling mass mixed with the flood
and fluid. They are sometimes
found in the small lntestines also.
These worms are blood suckers
and also produce q substance which
is taken up by the blood and tends
to destroy the red blood cells. The
blood from heavily infested sheep III
pale and watery.
| While stomach worms may effect
sheep at any time of the year they
seem to be most injurious about the
middle Of the summer. Infested
lambs and sheep may soon become
dull, unthrifty and emaciated. In
advanced stages oftentimes watery
swellings appear about the face and
under the jaw. This condition
sometimes is called poverty jaw"
The animals may lie down frequent.
| ly from weakness.
Much can be done. in the way Of
| prevention by pasture rotation,
changing the sheep as often as pos
sible, every night or ten weeks, If
POSSIBLE. This method is probably
best applied when using temporary
pastures. Permanent pastures when
infested are not considered safe un.
| Ger one year. Sheep and cattls
| should not be alternated as both
species harbor the same parasites.
The Costal PLAIN Experiment sta
tion of Mississippi recomll.C nCs
drencting with copper sulphate AMI
snuff solution every twentyeigllt
days when sheep are known to lie
upon infested pastures. The copper
sulphate (blue stone) and snuff Sc
luton is probably the most effec.
| tive remedy known for stomach
worms and the easiest to administer.
| It is made as follows.
ounces Of copper sulphate (blue
| stone).
8 ounces snuff.
gallons of water.
The bluestone should be finely
powdered and dissolved in hot wa
ter. Nothing hut clear blue crys-
tails should be used.
rI, I1n f91%o
thin paste with small amount
of water then soaked in two gallons
of water over night. Some recon.
mend straining the snuff solution
through piece of cloth. Mix the
two solutions and add water to make
five gallons. Only porcelain, grant
tie or wood containers should be
used as copper sulphate corrodes
metals and renders medicine wcrth-
less.
The desc for lambs and sheep:
For lambs up to one year or age,
to l ga ounces according to size.
For sheep over one year Of age to
! ounces according to size.
Before treatment the sheep should
lie tasted over night. They should
not be allowed to drink any water
for two hours after treatment.
Sheep may be drenched with q
small, long necked bottle, such as
a soda pop bottle, or with q dose
syringe: but probably the best APP
paratus for ordinary sized flockS AZ
made by procuring piece of rub.
Der hose about three feet long and
three-e- ghths inches in diameter. In
sert in one end of the rubber tube
a porcelain or enamel ware funnel,
in the other end a brass mouth piece
three-eignths inch in diameter and
inches long. A mouth piece with
a closed end and containing numer.
| Gus, holes in about the last two
inches is preferable.
Great care must be taken IL
drenching sheep. Never lift the
front feet off the ground. Keep all
four feet on the ground and elevate
The head just enough to keep tile
fluid from running out Of the mouth,
never raising the nose above q level
with the eyes. Place tho brass tube
III the mouth of the sheep through
! the space between the teeth. Do not
let it extend farther than the base
CT the tongue. Pour the proper
dose Of solution slowly into the fun.
/ nell
| BY giving the tube a slight rotary
| motion the animal is less liable to
clog the tube with its tongue and
it will usually swallow more read.
ly. Through careless drenching 4
part of the fluid is liable to pass
into the lungs. This usually results
| fatally.
Grub in the head Is caused by b
gray fly about the size of a honey
bee. This fly is most prevalent in
The warm summer months, but may
give trouble even in late fall and
carly spring.
The presence Of the fly can be de-
tected by the actions Of the sheep.
They will huddle together, hiding
their heads under each other, stamp
their feet, hold their noses on the
ground, sometimes rubbing them on
Inc ground or on their front legs.
! They will snort and even run in an
| attempt to avoid the fly. The fly lays
ITS eggs at the entrance Of the nos.
| trlls. This explains the desperate
attempt Of the sheep to repel the
fly.
When the eggs are once deposit
=" Sin icdAty IL Is d minute young
grub) the young grub works it's way
up the nostrils and fastens it's hook
let's in the walls of the sinuses of
the mead. These sinuses are hollow
spaces located between the roots Of
the upper molar teeth and eyes. In
sneep that have horns the grubs are,
also round in the natural hollow
! spaces in the bases of the horns.
Considerable irritation is caused bv
the migration of these grubs up into
the air passages. The sheep will
sneeze at times and rub their noses
on the ground. Quite often a dis.
| charge will be seen coming from the
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