LUNGWORM.
li;-:i'IiiuUNG to the sheep iii.-ea-io a corresI ntidcnl thin writ"s to a coi>i.eutpor.iry, i'\uinstance, whit do wo know about ti.e longworm in sheup '/ Where dons it conn; frmu '! How is it produced, uud how can we conjbat. it ? About sevou years ago I fiuud them a foot deep in virgin s.iii in thii bush :ie:ir this, and so far as I could le.aru thero bad beuu no sheep near tin pl'icu, yp.t thero can bo no mistake, it was the lungworm, the Sti-oncylns at that limn found in tho sheep on the E-ist Coast, Tim v.i.pn may bo eaten by dogs when the nil' il is thrown out bv th« butcher, or wh-iu the carcase is left in thu field to pollute the. air. which is tha prevailing custom, and 111dogs may c.ury it, to a distance, It is i pity tho Government could not turn i's attention to such a crying want, and get the best available information, and if possible stamp out the malady at any price. It in not only thu (locks which aro in danger, but it iniy, liko tho Iriehiiiju, alFect liumnii beings.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3009, 27 October 1891, Page 2
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189LUNGWORM. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3009, 27 October 1891, Page 2
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