. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. 314 THE DOMESTEC Fig 1 —Lung Worm. almost invisible in the mass of frothy mucus in which they are gathered in clusters. This worm is known as Strongylus Filaria. The diisease is immediately ree- ognized by severe coug'liing fits. of the infested animals, mostly lainbs under a year old. The difficulty in breathing necessarily prevents the due aeration and purification of the blood as it passes through the capil- laries of the lungs, to be refreshed by the pure air breathed. The red corpuscles of the blood are greatly decr
. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. 314 THE DOMESTEC Fig 1 —Lung Worm. almost invisible in the mass of frothy mucus in which they are gathered in clusters. This worm is known as Strongylus Filaria. The diisease is immediately ree- ognized by severe coug'liing fits. of the infested animals, mostly lainbs under a year old. The difficulty in breathing necessarily prevents the due aeration and purification of the blood as it passes through the capil- laries of the lungs, to be refreshed by the pure air breathed. The red corpuscles of the blood are greatly decreased in number, and as these are necessary to the full develop- ment of the body the affected lamb languishes, becomes weak, the blood is reduced to a yellow serum with- out vitality, and all the visible membranes are pale, and the skin has the appearance of paper. Hence the common name of this disease. The treatment depends on the destruction of the parasite. This is mo'st easily affected by the use of turpentine, continued un- til the system is saturated with it and the fumes escape through the lungs and throat. Here the volatile oil comes in contact with the parasite and kills it, thus relieving the suffering animal most ef- fectivel}'. As soon as relief is afforded in this way, the most easily digested and nutritious food, as linseed meal, with oatmeal and bran, is to be given , in moderate quantities to insure full di- gestion. The tui'pentine is most easily given in sweet milk, the two shaken together to form an emulsion. The quantity is one tea- spoonful given in the morning before eating, and repeated daily for a week. These worms are believed to gain access to the lambs with the grass of the pastures, and it is believed—doubtless with ample reason—that, as the old sheep are equally affected by this parasite, this is ejected by them either by coughing or through the bowels, and falling on the grass they, or the eggs of them, are taken up by the lambs feedin
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