. Fig. 120.—Segments of the fringed tapeworm {Thysanosoma actinioides), showing canals and nerves, and (/) frmged border, {t) testicles, and {ut) uterus. Enlarged. (After Stiles, 1893.) presence is suspected. Toward September the lambs fail to grow as they should ; in November the symptoms are marked. First, the w^orms pro- duce local irritation of the intestine, which finally develops into a chronic catarrhal inflammation ; their presence in the gall-ducts produces similar results, and obstructs the flow of bile ; infected lambs are large-headed, under-sized, and hide-bound ; their gait is rh
. Fig. 120.—Segments of the fringed tapeworm {Thysanosoma actinioides), showing canals and nerves, and (/) frmged border, {t) testicles, and {ut) uterus. Enlarged. (After Stiles, 1893.) presence is suspected. Toward September the lambs fail to grow as they should ; in November the symptoms are marked. First, the w^orms pro- duce local irritation of the intestine, which finally develops into a chronic catarrhal inflammation ; their presence in the gall-ducts produces similar results, and obstructs the flow of bile ; infected lambs are large-headed, under-sized, and hide-bound ; their gait is rheumatic, and they appear more erratic than the other sheep, standing oftener to stamp at the sheep-dogs or herds, and lagging behind the flock when driven ; the
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