. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. hor, says :—I have found worms in the wind-pipe, in the mesenteric artery, in an abscessin the substance of the abdominal muscles, and according to Lafosse, they have beenfound also in the pancreatic and salivary ducts. There are but three or four thatare very common. First, the tereslumbrici, a large worm from four toten inches long, that lives in the in-testines. It looks like the commonearth-worm, yellowish white, andtapered at both ends. Second, theascai-is, commonly called needle or
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. hor, says :—I have found worms in the wind-pipe, in the mesenteric artery, in an abscessin the substance of the abdominal muscles, and according to Lafosse, they have beenfound also in the pancreatic and salivary ducts. There are but three or four thatare very common. First, the tereslumbrici, a large worm from four toten inches long, that lives in the in-testines. It looks like the commonearth-worm, yellowish white, andtapered at both ends. Second, theascai-is, commonly called needle orthread worm, of a dirty white color,usually from one to two inches are sometimes found in thou-sands. They have been observedchiefly inhabiting the mucous coatof the cjecum, on the surface of which, it is supposed, they aredeveloped in little cells, which, when matured, burst, producing con-siderable irritation, and often serious inflammation of the are also sometimes found to infest the rectum in large num-bers, and to relieve the irritation they produce, the horse rubshis Fig. 828.—The Appearance of a Horsethat is Troubled with Worms. 510 DISEASES AXD THEIR TREATMENT. Varieties of strongyli and oxynres alsooccur, and are sometimes mistaken forascaridcs. They are, however, distinctspecies ; the former is tapered, and ter-minates in a spine ; whereas the latteris blunted, with a head like a leathersucker. The strongyli inhabit the cze-cum, colon, and duodenum ; the oxynres,the mesentery, spermatic cord, and infact almost every organ in the common whip-worm, or long thread-worm, technically called the triclioccph-aliis dispar, are found in the resemble a whip, the shank beingabout a third, and the thong two thirdsof the length, usually about two , which inhabit the stomach, will bereferred to especially following thisarticle. There is also a small thread-like worm,caWed filaria, from a half inch to an inchand a half
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