. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. lilHEAHRH OF tJ()<}H, CONTIXJKD. 1083. THE CAT FLKA. III. Plea«. ThcHe worry all d<jgb more or Icsk, Imt they do not produce the same degree of irritation a-s mange, and are much more easily manacred. They are best got rid of by Persian insect powder dusted down into the roots of tiie hair, and over carpets, etc., or by using the following ointment: No. 18. 1 Ounce oil of ariixe, 10 Oniiocii olive oil, Mix. Kul* well in, washing it off six hours afterwards. Give fie«h pine shavings to lie on. C
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. lilHEAHRH OF tJ()<}H, CONTIXJKD. 1083. THE CAT FLKA. III. Plea«. ThcHe worry all d<jgb more or Icsk, Imt they do not produce the same degree of irritation a-s mange, and are much more easily manacred. They are best got rid of by Persian insect powder dusted down into the roots of tiie hair, and over carpets, etc., or by using the following ointment: No. 18. 1 Ounce oil of ariixe, 10 Oniiocii olive oil, Mix. Kul* well in, washing it off six hours afterwards. Give fie«h pine shavings to lie on. Cats are also troubled with fleas. Th(! foi-midable speci- iiien shown in the cut is, of course, greally magnified. IV. Lice. Lice that live on the dog are of two kinds, viz: the blood-sucker (hcemaiopinus) with narrow head and long, trunk-like sucking tube, and the bird louse (trichodiTlcH) with large, broad head and biting jaws, but no sucking tuVjc. They may be killed by sifting wood into the hair, or by oil- ing the dog with whale-oil, washing it off a few hours afterwards, or by washing him with a weak solution of tobacco juice. V. Ringworm. The presence of the fungus-like vegetable parasite that causes rino^- worin will be easily recognized by the considerable local irritation, but more especially by an elevation of the skin in the form of a ring, which spreads by the ring increasing in size, the skin also becoming scaly and rough, and soon the hair drops off. The dog keeps up a good deal of scratching, but only of the affected spots. Apply No. \^), after washing with soap and water, and rui) it in well. VI. Intestinal ?Worms. The Tapeworm.—This is a Hut-bodied worm made up of segments (or joints) from one-eighth to one-half of an inch long, joined endto end, and with a well defined division between them In length, it varies from one inch to one hundred feet. Its head, which is on the narrow end, is furnished with circular sucking discs, surrounded by one or mor
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