. The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management . stence ofnearly all the parasites which have beendescribed in one horse which was examinedby Veterinary Surgeon Krause. Therewere found 519 Ascans megalocephala,191 curvula, 214 Strongylusarmatus, many thousands of Strongylustetracantlms, 69 Tcenia j^^^folictta, 287Filnria papillosa, and 6 Cysticercus fas-ciolaris. To complete the history of the parasiteswhich infest the digestive organs of thehorse it is necessary to allude to somewhich are found occasionally in the
. The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management . stence ofnearly all the parasites which have beendescribed in one horse which was examinedby Veterinary Surgeon Krause. Therewere found 519 Ascans megalocephala,191 curvula, 214 Strongylusarmatus, many thousands of Strongylustetracantlms, 69 Tcenia j^^^folictta, 287Filnria papillosa, and 6 Cysticercus fas-ciolaris. To complete the history of the parasiteswhich infest the digestive organs of thehorse it is necessary to allude to somewhich are found occasionally in the fluke (Distoma hepaticum) (fig. 280)sometimes effects an entrance into the liverducts of horses, especially colts, whichare feeding on wet pastures where the embryos and larval forms of the parasite are abundant. Sheep, as iswell known, are destroyed in thousands in some localities by the invasionof this parasite, which causes the disease known as rot. A few cases arerecorded of foals and colts having suftered from the accidental invasionof the fluke, but the disease among horses must be looked ujoon as.
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