| Show COMMON TAPEWORM I 1 IN LAMBS not believed that they are responsible for many deaths of animals says western expert dy by 1 I 1 13 1 3 NEWSOM colorado agricultural college fort collins coiling colo the common tapeworm of lambs Is one that has a habit of getting into the duct leading from the liver and for this reason many who have examined sheep dead of disease have suspected the tapo tapeworm worm of causing tho the death it might be well to state that more than 60 per cent of all western lambs lamba have those these tapeworms tape worms as aa evidenced by finding them on the kill ing floors at the large packing houses while it must be admitted that in a few instances they may causo cause some trouble yet it Is not believed that they are responsible tor for many of our lamb losses lossell during the siege ot of the kansas horse disease somo some man unfamiliar with the normal conditions in horses for the first time found palisade worms in the abdominal arteries of dead horses ilo he at once jumped at the conclusion that these worms were responsible for tho the disease had ho he known that approximately 95 per cent of all horses have those these same worms this his reputation might not havo have suffered it Is rather common for veterinarians to diagnose tape tapeworms orma worms in dogs and in about 95 per cent these diagnoses aro am correct but that tho the tapeworms tape worms in ill these animals are responsible for dis ease Is not at all evident except in a very small percentage of cases so it Is with these tapeworms tape worms in lambs they can always be found in posting any large number of animals but that they are responsible tor for any serious disease Is 16 evident only in a few cases |
