MORTALITY AMONGST HOGGETS.
INVESTIGATED BY STOCK OFFICERS.
The heavy mortality amongst hoggets in the Wairarapa and Forty-Mile Bush districts has been a subject for investigation by Mr \V. W. H. Edwards, of the Veterinary Division of the Stock Department. As a result of his enquiry, Mi; Edwards has come to the conclusion that the hoggets are affected with a disease known as "Gid," or "Sturdy," which is very prevalent in the Old Country. It arises from the ova of the tapeworm, which is deposited on the pasture by dogs. The ova is taken from the herbage by the sheep and developed in the intestines, from whence it is carried to the brain,' where cysts are formof dealing with the trouble is to bantam's egg. A practical method o fdealing with the trouble is to eradicate tapeworms from the dogs by administering periodical doses of areca-nut in castor oil. Mr Edwards is of opinion that parasitic gastro-enteritis is also responsible for some of the mortality amongst hoggets. A leaflet dealing with this disease has been issued by the. Agricultural Department.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10109, 3 October 1910, Page 5
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179MORTALITY AMONGST HOGGETS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10109, 3 October 1910, Page 5
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