. Special report on diseases of cattle . Cattle. THE ANIMAL PARASITES OF CATTLE. 499 The fly also breeds in dead animals, and all carcasses should there- fore be buried deeply or burned. Treatment for screw worms.—For proper treatment an animal suf- fering from screw worms should be caught and thrown. Pour chloro- form into the wound, taking care that it penetrates thoroughly into all the burrows of the screw worms, if necessary using a slender stick or a small bunch of twisted hay as a probe. The animal should be held for several minutes in order to insure the continued action of. Pig. 8.—The
. Special report on diseases of cattle . Cattle. THE ANIMAL PARASITES OF CATTLE. 499 The fly also breeds in dead animals, and all carcasses should there- fore be buried deeply or burned. Treatment for screw worms.—For proper treatment an animal suf- fering from screw worms should be caught and thrown. Pour chloro- form into the wound, taking care that it penetrates thoroughly into all the burrows of the screw worms, if necessary using a slender stick or a small bunch of twisted hay as a probe. The animal should be held for several minutes in order to insure the continued action of. Pig. 8.—The warble fly (Hypoderma lineata): a, adult female; 6, eggs attached to a hair, x 25; c, larva as seen in egg; <i, larva from esophagus of an ox; e, next stage of larva from beneath the skin of the back; /, larva at the stage when it leaves the back of cattle and falls to the ground—all enlarged (after Riley). the chloroform. Finally the wound should be dressed with a car- bolic or cresylic ointment to promote healing and thus prevent fur- ther infection, or the wound may be painted with pine tar. Grubs, , Bots. The common parasites known as grubs, warbles, bots, etc. (fig. 8), found under the skin of the backs of cattle, where they form more or less conspicuous lumps during the latter part of winter and spring,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Animal Industry; Atkinson, V. T. (Vickers T. ), d. 1891. Washington : Govt. Print. Off.
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