. Fig. 119.—Ventral and apex views of the head of the fringed tapeworm {Thijsanosoma actinioides). X 17. (After Stiles, 1893.) as at times it forms a veritable scourge to the sheep industry of North America and South America. Disease. The disease in sheep caused by the fringed tapeworm has l)een studied in detail by Curtice, who considers that next to scab it is the most important sheep disease of the western plains of North America. The financial loss it causes is extensive, and results from the failure of the lambs to fatten, the small crop of wool, and the weakening of the animals, so that
. Fig. 119.—Ventral and apex views of the head of the fringed tapeworm {Thijsanosoma actinioides). X 17. (After Stiles, 1893.) as at times it forms a veritable scourge to the sheep industry of North America and South America. Disease. The disease in sheep caused by the fringed tapeworm has l)een studied in detail by Curtice, who considers that next to scab it is the most important sheep disease of the western plains of North America. The financial loss it causes is extensive, and results from the failure of the lambs to fatten, the small crop of wool, and the weakening of the animals, so that they cannot withstand cold winter weather. The para- sites develop slowly, and are present in considerable numbers before their
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