The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . sts. Often theyare matted together in masses or balls, which choke up thepassages they inhabit. Symptoms.—The presence of these worms does not alwayscause inconvenience to the sheep. Occasionally prime, andto all appearances perfectly healthy animals are killed, whoselungs are found filled with them. In lambs, however, theyare a frequent cause of death. When lodged in the bowels, the symptoms are those ofdysentery, with fetid stools. There is much straining, and clotsof blood may be passed. When in the lungs, they cause irrita-tio
The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . sts. Often theyare matted together in masses or balls, which choke up thepassages they inhabit. Symptoms.—The presence of these worms does not alwayscause inconvenience to the sheep. Occasionally prime, andto all appearances perfectly healthy animals are killed, whoselungs are found filled with them. In lambs, however, theyare a frequent cause of death. When lodged in the bowels, the symptoms are those ofdysentery, with fetid stools. There is much straining, and clotsof blood may be passed. When in the lungs, they cause irrita-tion and inflammation, indicated by a husky cough, quickenedbreathing, rubbing the nose on the ground, loss of appetiteand flesh, and exhaustion. These symptoms are clearly notpositive, and, indeed, the only unquestionable sign of thepresence of the worm is its discovery in the feces, or in themucus from the mouth and throat. The combination^ how-ever, of a cough in a number of lambs, occurring often withdysenteric symptoms, and under the conditions above men-.
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