The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . One of the most frequent of these is the lard-worm,Ste/phanurus dentatus, which is an inch or an inch and a halfin length, and inhabits by preference the fat about the spareribs, but is found in all parts of the body of swine. It is,however, more a curiosity than a subject for medical treat-ment, as it is not known that it causes any serious symptomsin the animal. The kidney itself has been known to be inhabited by alarger worm, of similar appearance, called the Eustrongylusgigas. It is not found in the substance of the kidneyitse
The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . One of the most frequent of these is the lard-worm,Ste/phanurus dentatus, which is an inch or an inch and a halfin length, and inhabits by preference the fat about the spareribs, but is found in all parts of the body of swine. It is,however, more a curiosity than a subject for medical treat-ment, as it is not known that it causes any serious symptomsin the animal. The kidney itself has been known to be inhabited by alarger worm, of similar appearance, called the Eustrongylusgigas. It is not found in the substance of the kidneyitself, but in the pelvis or hollow curved portion inwhich the secretion of urine takes place. Various symptomsare popularly attributed to kidney worms, especially aweakness or partial palsy of the hinder limbs, inclination tolie down, and awkwardness in the gait. The cure is said tobe to pour a tablespoonful of turpentine across the loins orsmall of the back daily, for several days. It is quite uncer-tain, however, that in such cases there is any worm present,. Kidney Worms. 411 ds we have no positive symptoms of its existence in thekidney. Of a much more serious character are hydatids or bladderworms in the kidneys. These differ from those shortly to bedescribed as causing measly pork, being much larger, amdof unknown development. A number of cases are recordedby Prof. N. S. Townshend, in the Annual Reports of theOhio Agricultural Society, for 1875, where the sudden deathof hogs, with few and obscure symptoms, was found to beowing to the presence of these parasites. They were fromone to one and a half inches in diameter, and the kidney andbladder contained blood. If it were possible to ascertaintheir existence in the kidney, steady, moderate doses of tur-pentine would be the most promising treatment. Perhapsthe altered character of the m^ine which Prof. Townshendnotes, would have led a closer observer than the farmer whoowned the pigs to a suspicion of the nature of the complaint
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