| Show parasites cause horses lameness tiny worms in the intestines check circulation of blood in legs by dr df robert nobert graham cott in animal pathology and hygiene university of illinois noli service farmers who have horses that ar ars going mysteriously lame at this sea son of the year can often lay tha trouble t to 0 a pira parasite site known as stron gyle and sometimes called hookworm this pest Is only one of a number affecting horses and the best way to control them Is through sanitation and other preventive measures proper treatment with repeated doses of oil ol 01 of lum after accurate dragny sis has been made will relieve many animals infested with hookworms hook worms where symptoms of lameness appear eggs of blood worms may be round found in the stools of suspected animals A competent veterinarian can identify the eggs with the aid of a microscope it if the eggs are those of the hookworm the treatment should be started at once oil of adlum Is toxic and Is best given by a trained veterinarian in most cases prompt treatment will rid the horse of the he worms and the animal will recover in a short time one farmer who wrote the agricultural college for help had three horses go mysteriously lame from what la Is now believed to be an infestation of stron gyles one horse was apparently all right until she suddenly stopped and had no use of one hind leg she finally had find to be destroyed A second horse was all right when put in the barn at night but in the morning had no use of one hind leg lie he was no better after a week the third horse became lame for no apparent reason and has been too crippled to work for a couple of months she Is making slow improvement on pasture similar cases have been reported by others the lameness Is caused by the tiny worms in the intestines of the horses cutting oft off the circulation of blood to the legs unless the worms are exterminated the infested horse usually iles dies |
