. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. PARASITIC INSECTS AND MITES 241 remedy. The absorption of a small amount of this drug does the animal no harm, hut a larger quantity may salivate it. Sheep are treated hy dipping in a water solution of a reliahlc coal tar disinfectant. This should not he practised during cold weather, as the fleece does not dry out. Insect powder may he dusted into the fleece when it is impossible to dip the animal. A very satisfactory treatment for lousiness in dogs and cats is to wash them with earholized soap. We should wait a few minutes before rinsin
. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. PARASITIC INSECTS AND MITES 241 remedy. The absorption of a small amount of this drug does the animal no harm, hut a larger quantity may salivate it. Sheep are treated hy dipping in a water solution of a reliahlc coal tar disinfectant. This should not he practised during cold weather, as the fleece does not dry out. Insect powder may he dusted into the fleece when it is impossible to dip the animal. A very satisfactory treatment for lousiness in dogs and cats is to wash them with earholized soap. We should wait a few minutes before rinsing oft" the soapy lather and drying the coat. A number of different remedies are used for the treatment of lousiness in poultry. Dust baths and insect powder are recommended. Ointments are commonly used. One part sul- fur and four parts vaseline, or lard, may be made into an oint- ment and applied to the head, neck, under the wings and around the vent. ^lercurial ointment may be applied to the margin of the vent. Xeither of them should he used for de- stroying lice on young chicks. Mercurial ointment should be used very carefully because of its poisonous eft'ect. Lard may be used for destroying lice on young chicks. Crude petroleum may be sprayed among the feathers by a hand-sprayer, while the fowls are suspended by the feet. Xone of the disinfectants and oils recommended for dipping and washing lousy animals destroy the nits. This makes it necessary to re-treat the animal in from eight to ten days after the first treatment. The Sheep-tick.—This is not a true tick. It resembles a fiy more than it does a tick, and its right name is Melophagus ovinus (Fig. 66). Louse-fly is a better name for this parasite 16. Fig. C6.— Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Craig, Robert Alexander,
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