The inspection of meats for animal parasites / prepared under the direction of D.E. Salmon.

Date:
1898
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Credit: The inspection of meats for animal parasites / prepared under the direction of D.E. Salmon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following suggestions as to doses, compiled from various sources, are taken from Curtice (1890): (1) Allow 2 grains of freshly powdered areca nut for each pound of the dog’s weight; administer dose in soup or milk, stirring it well, or by mixing it in butter or molasses. Follow in two hours with a tablespoonful of castor oil for a mod- erate-sized dog, giving the oil alone or in three times its quantity of milk. Zurn advises 4 drachms of areca nut for a large dog; 2£ drachms for a me- dium-sized animal, and 1 drachm for a small dog. (2) One teaspoonful of turpentine and two tablespoonsful of castor oil given in a cup of milk; the final dose of physic is not given in this case. (3) Twenty drops of oil of male shield fern, 30 drops of turpentine, and 60 drops of ether. Beat together with one egg and give to the dog in soup. (4) Hagen advises 80 grains of oxide of copper with 40 grains each of pow- dered chalk and Armenian bolus; mix with sufficient water to make an ad- herent mass, and divide into 100 pills. Administer one pill three times daily for ten days in meat or butter. (5) Roll prescribes the following dose for large dogs; smaller doses should be given in proportion to the size of the dog: Fig. 96—Sexually mature segment of the Gid Tape- worm (Taenia coenurus): cp, cirrus pouch; gp, geni- tal pore; n, nerve; ov, ovary; sg, shell gland; ^tes- ticles; tc, transverse canal; ut, uterus; v, vagina; vc, ventral canal; vd, vas deferens; vg, vitellogene gland. X 20. (After Deffke, 1891, PI. I, fig. 3.) (a) Two drachms each of extract of male fern and of powdered male fern ; or— (b) Decoction of 2\ ounces of pomegranate-root bark in water, reduced to 6 fluid ounces, to which add 1 drachm of extract of male fern. Give in two doses, at intervals of one hour; or— (c) One-half to 1 ounce of kousso, made into pills, with honey or molasses and a little meal; or— (d) From 1| to 2£ drachms of kamala, stirred with honey or water, and given in two doses inside of an hour. [a, b, and c, should be followed necessary for d.] After treatment, all tlie faeces passed during the confinement of the patient should be collected and burned or buried in quicklime. Fig. 97.—Brain of a lamb infested with young Gid Bladder worms (Coenurus cerebralis), natural size. (After Leuckart, 1880, p. 456, fig. 206.) in two hours, with castor oil, but this is not 22. The Gid Bladder Worm (Coenurus cerebralis) of Sheep and Calves, and its adult stage, The Gid Tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) of Dogs. [Figs. 87 C, 89 C, 94-100.] The Gid Bladder Worm is an important and dangerous parasite to the sheep industry, but fortunately it does not seem to be prevalent in this country.