Excerpt from The Dog as a Carrier of Parasites and Disease One preventive measure for suppressing gid is, of course, to destroy the brains find the coenuri of giddy animals, which can be done by burning them or by breaking the skull and covering the brain with formaldehyde, sheep dip, or some similar substance. Another meas ure is to administer a vermifuge to sheep dogs and so rid them of their tapeworms, and to do this often enough to keep them free from tapeworms. But it is obviously of little avail to a sheepman to have his own dogs free of tapeworm if his. Neighbor's dogs or ownerless dogs or strays of any sort are free to carry tapeworm onto his range or pasture and infect the grazing and thereby infect his sheep. From losses originating this way he must be pro tected by measures looking tothe restraint of dogs that recognize an owner and the elimination of those that do not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Parasites and Parasitic Diseases of Dogs The control of parasites in the dog is therefore necessary and desirable not only for the sake of the dog but for the sake of human health and the welfare of the livestock industry. This control IS of two sorts. One method of control Is that of prophylaxis or preven tion of parasitic infestation and disease, and the other is that of medicinal treatment where parasitism is actually present in the absence of preventive measures or in spite of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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