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Show COMMON TAPEWORM IN LAMBS Not Believed That They Are Responsible Respon-sible for Many Deaths of Animals, Says Western Expert. (By I. E. NI3WSOM. Colorado Agricultural Agricul-tural College, Kort Collins, Colo.) Tho common tapeworm of lambs is ono that has a habit of gotting Into tho duct loading from tho llvor, and for this reason many who havo examined exam-ined Bhcop. dead of disease, havo bus- pectod tho tapoworm of causing tho death. It might bo well to stato that moro than 60 per cent of all weatorn lambs havo theso tapoworms, as ovl-doncod ovl-doncod by finding thom on tho killing kill-ing floors at tho largo packing Iioubos. Whllo It must bo admitted that in n fow instances they may causo somo troublo, yot It is not believed that thoy aro rosponslblo for many of our lamb lossos. During tho slogo of tho Kansas horso disease somo man unfamiliar with tho normal conditions in horses for tho first tlmo found Palisade worms in tho abdominal arteries of dead horses. Ho at onco Jumped nt tho conclusion that those wormB woro responsible for tho disease Had ho known that approximately 95 per cont of all horsca havo thoso samo worms, hlB roputatlon might not havo suffered. It 1b rather common for veterinarians to dlnguoso tapoworms In dogs, and in about 95 per cent theso diagnoses ni correct, but that tho tapoworms in thoso animals nro responBlblo for dls-easo dls-easo is not nt all ovidont, oxcopt In a vory small percentage of cases. So it is with thoso tapoworms In lambs. Thoy can always bo found In posting any largo numbor of animals, but that thoy aro responsible for any serious disoaso Is ovidont only in a fow cases, |