Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-10-26

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Most Of the domestic animals that
are kept on pastures during the sum-
mer collect a wide assortment of in
ternal parasites that spend part of
their life cycle within the animal and
part Of it outside. The infection, says
the United States Department Of Agri-
weather, as at that time there are
proper conditions of moisture and
temperature for the development of
the organisms. In some cases there
are insects that act as intermediate
hosts for certain parasites and of
course during the winter such hosts
are not active. Some parasites of
horses and cattle are carried by biting
insects that introduce them into the
blood stream of the animal. Several
species of parasites spend part of their
life cycle in dung beetles and through
these beetles are taken in with grass
and get into the digestive tract of the
animal. The ordinary house fly is a
carrier for one of the stomach worms
Of the horse. Various kinds of tape
worms of poultry spend period of
their existence in house flies, snails
and other lower animals All these
worms require also proper conditions
of warmth and moisture for their de-
velopment.
Get Rid of Parasites.
From these facts about the habits
of some Of the weIl-known internal
parasites of domestic animals it is
plain that fall and early winter is the
most opportune time to rid the anil
mails of them, and give them chance
to recuperate. Such an interior clean
out also reduces the number Of
chances of reinfection on the pas
lures the following spring. Winter
is rest from reinfestation, but be-
cause animals have to resist adverse
weather conditions it is doubly advis-
able to get rid of all parasites, to give
the animals an opportunity to use
their feed in maintaining body temper
AZURE and in putting on fat or produc-
ing milk
There are probably hundreds of
treatments recommended by various
persons for worms, bots, and other
parasites, most of which are useless
or very nearly so. However, there are
certain treatments that have been
proved by experiment to be effective
for certain parasites. 1t has been
found that bots can be removed from
horses by the use of carbon bisulphide.
1t is given in six-dram doses, in cap
sules, and a purgative is unnecessary.
The horse is usually kept off feed for
"a hours before the capsule is given.
This treatment will also get the big
round worms that frequently infest
the small intestine To get rid of the
round worms that are found in the
large intestines, use oil of chenopo-
dunn Coil of American Wormseed) in
doses of a to AZ drams with a quart
of raw linseed oil or an aloes ball.
So far veterinarians have very lit
tie to say about the treatment of in
ternal parasites in cattle. Not a great
deal of work has been done along this
line but copper sulphate has been
found of some use as a treatment for
stomach worms.
Control Stomach Worms.
This copper-sulphate treatment for
stomach worms is very effective in the
control Of stomach worms in sheep.
A 1 per cent solution in water is the
strength usually employed. Three
fluid ounces of the / per cent solu-
ton is sufficient for yearlings and old
err sheep, and IL ounces for lambs
three months old and older. At the
bureau Of animal industry farm at
Vienna. Va, this treatment is given
once a month through the year, and
the treated lambs have made better
growth and grown more wool than
lambs that were not treated. AT the
age of one hundred and twenty days
treated lambs have averaged 60
pounds each. Other worms of sheep
are hard to get rid Of, but carbon
tetrachloride gives promise of, being
effective for many of them.
In the case of swine, oil Of cheno-
podium in doses of, one dram for 100
pound pigs, and other doses in proper
ton. will remove the large round
worms from the small intestine. A
dose should be accompanied with one
to four ounces of castor-oil This
treatment is given with a dose syringe.
Although worm treatments are given
to hogs in a great many cases in cap
sules with a capsule gun, there is con-
siderable danger that, owing to the
peculiar anatomy of the pigs pharynx
a capsule will be put in the wrong
place. A great many hogs say vet
erinarians in the Department of Agri-
culture, have been killed in this way.
Treatment for Poultry
A treatment frequently used for
round worms in poultry is made up
by soaking a pound of finely chopped
tobacco stems in water for two hours
and then mixing the stems and the
water with half the usual mash ra-
ton. This amount is for 100 birds.
srhe feed which is mixed with the to-
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