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CIRCULAR NO. 78
Stomach Worms In Sheep
By I,. J HORLACHER
flue inf. the im»~t >eri¤»1i> f‘l1f'l|ll|‘~ of. flie >lll‘f‘]> imliisfry in
fi·*i:ii··l<_\‘ i~ tlie >l<¤lfli|¤‘lf xrorin. lt i\ >uf'e tn su_\‘ lliut i»ru<·ti¤hull_x‘
~ *.’·   Zf····l< iii tli•· Stute i< lllf.l'uf`e uml l‘l'fll|t¤I|lll‘&ll wuy of' ]'ill$ll1{;`SllQf‘Il
  ~i··mu··li u·»i·m~ ure u f.&f<‘ll>1' i~ l»_v iiiuiiugziiig the floelas
iii   l'(f*llll`t‘\ lll >ll¤‘ll El \YRl_\Y {IN lf? Ill`f‘\'!'lll if S<'I'l]>lll1‘ll[
~iil.,· tr»·11l»le. -\ll_\' lumln wliiela lius lieeii ufteetetl siitfieieiztly to
~`   tlip exteriiul efleefs lius 1'<‘f'<‘l\`\’tl u serious >etl¤u<·l<. -\ltli<»
l1iiLlflll]fl£l_\` 1·ee·»\‘e1· uml l»e llll'lf.f_\'. yet it lius l¤»>t ut leust u
l..*ll`ll ffl. Nlx \\`l‘t‘l{\ nf. lll`(lg`l°l‘$S lU\\-Ellill tl ]llfll`l{!\l{llllU ('fllldillflll.
Symptoms.
liitlier slieep or lumlls muy he iiifesfeil with stomueli worms
at ;iii_r time <»f` tlie _\`<‘ill'. l.uml>s ure uff'ei·tetl first ubout tlie
i;1ll·ll·· ·»f` the >lllfllfl<‘l‘. (lem~rull_v the first sign of treulnle is tlie
·i~·iizli ··f` one or imlre lumlis, Dulliiess. luek of tlirift. uml seour-
iii;. uiwinipziiiieil hy u x·er_v pule. hloodless skiu uml iuueous 1110111-
biuiiie of tlie eyes uml moiifli ure first. syinptouis. Sometimes
fl¢··i‘·¤ is u wutei-y swelling umler the juwi.
ll§‘ 1'l‘lllfl\'lllg` uml opening the l'0ll1`fll stoiuueli (the Ctllll-
ll1ll'ilfl(‘ll[i next to the smull iiitestiiiel of u sheep wliieh lius died l
Gfiliis trouble. its imture muy he easily recognized. The stomach