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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    Experiment Station, and the sheep showed no ill effects; on the con- trary they gained in weight. (See footnote, p. 136.) Approximate equivalents. Age of animals. Table- spoons. a Imperial. IT. S. apothe- caries. Metric. For a lamb 3 months old 1 About £ fluid ounce. About § fluid ounce. About 20 cc. For a lamb 6 months old 2 About 1J fluid ounces. About 14 fluid ounces. About 40 cc. For a sheep 12 months old 3 About 24 fluid ounces. About 2 fluid ounces. About GO cc. For a sheep 18 months old 4 About 3 fluid ounces. About 2^ fluid ounces. About 80 cc. For a sheep 24 months old A bout 34 fluid ounces. About 3 fluid ounces. About 90 cc. For a calf 3 months old 4£ to 5 A bo lit 34 to 3£ fluid ounces. About 3 to 3^ fluidounces. 90 to 100 cc. For a calf 6 mouths old 5 to 5£ About 3£ to 44 fluidounces. About 34 to 35 fluidounces. 100 to 110 cc. a “The tablespoon I refer to is the modern full-sized tablespoon (6 fluid drachms). The medicinal tablespoon contains exactly half an ounce.”—Hutcheotst. Be careful not to give a two-toothed young sheep as much as a full grown four-toothed sheep. Mistakes may occur in judging the age unless the teeth are examined. The doses should be measured off' in bottles and the point of each dose plainly marked Avith a tile. (d) Dosing.—In dosing, use long-necked bottles, as castor-oil bottles, Worcester sauce bottles, or anchovy sauce bottles. Let one person set the sheep on its haunches and take its two fore- legs in his left hand, while he steadies the head with the right. Another person inserts the neck of the bottle into the mouth. The head of the sheep should not be raised too high, as in that case the solution may enter the luugs and kill the sheep. A safe rule is to raise the nose to the height of the animal’s eyes. (e) Overdose.—If, after dosing, any of the sheep seem to be suffering from an overdose, indicated by lying apart from the flock, not feeding, manifesting a painful, excited look and a spasmodic movement in its running, walking with a stiff gait, purging, the discharge being a dirty brownish color, take the affected animals away from the flock to a shady place and dose with laudanum and milk as follows: For a lamb 4 to 6 months old, 1 teaspoonful of laudanum in a tumbler of milk. For a sheep 1 year old, 2 teaspoonfuls of laudanum in a tumbler of milk. Repeat half the dose in two to three hours if necessary. (/) After-treatment.—The animals should not be allowed water for several hours after receiving their dose. Prevention.—Preventive measures against adult tapeworm infection in sheep and cattle can be given only in the most general terms, as explicit directions can be based only upon a knowledge of the exact source of infection. The general preventive measures applicable to all intestinal parasitic diseases would apply in the case of tapeworm disease, namely: since the parasites are contracted by means of con-