The care of animals : a book of brief and popular advice on the diseases and ailments of farm animals . make their way from the horses mouthdown his throat and attach themselves by two smallhooks to the mucous lining of the stomach. Here theyremain during the fall, winter and spring. In the earlysummer they loose their hold upon the stomach, passout with the dung, burrow into the ground and adult fly soon emerges and, after mating, depositsher eggs, and the life-cycle is complete. The larvae, or bots as they are commonly called,are frequently found by the hundreds attached to thewal
The care of animals : a book of brief and popular advice on the diseases and ailments of farm animals . make their way from the horses mouthdown his throat and attach themselves by two smallhooks to the mucous lining of the stomach. Here theyremain during the fall, winter and spring. In the earlysummer they loose their hold upon the stomach, passout with the dung, burrow into the ground and adult fly soon emerges and, after mating, depositsher eggs, and the life-cycle is complete. The larvae, or bots as they are commonly called,are frequently found by the hundreds attached to thewalls of the stomach (Fig. 51); and yet practically nobad effects have been observed in living animals. It ispossible that, in some instances, they may mechanicallyblock the passage from the stomach into the intestines. 332 The Care of Animals They may also cause some irritation in the stomach,but, so far, veterinarians have been unable to diagnosetheir presence or to attribute disease directly to is a popular belief that bots may eat holesthrough a horses stomach ; but this is not Bots in horses gtomach though it is possible that the irritation caused by theattachment of a bot may weaken the walls. When ahorse dies, the gastric juice may digest the walls of thestomach, although this is rare. It may digest holes atthe irritated places where bots have been amateur, in examining the stomach after death,might conclude readily, but erroneously, that the botshad eaten the holes. Bots 333 There is no treatment known that will remove thebots ; they are extremely resistant to substances appliedto their bodies. The writer placed a portion of a horsesstomach, with bots attached to it, in absolute alcohol,and found the bots alive and active six hours only practical treatment is preventive, , de-stroying the adult fly as soon as she is observed abouthorses, or scraping the eggs from the hair with a sharp-bladed knife once a week. This practic
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