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ANIMAL SCIENCE
Don't forget the farm dog
by Laverne Clark, D.V.M.
Blyth Veterinary Clinic
The farm dog should not be the
forgotten animal in a rural enterprise. His
health needs are many and varied. Some
of the more commonly remembered
concerns are his vaccinations and
de -worming.
We, in Ontario, live in an area which is
endemic for rabies and every year there
are numerous exposures of both animals
and people. It is imperative that dogs, and
cats, be vaccinated for rabies on an
annual basis by your veterinarian. One
should discuss the use of the other
common vaccines with your veterinarian;
those being vaccines for distemper and
parvo virus.
Dogs should also be checked for worms
and de -wormed with a veterinarian pres-
cribed medication. A routine examination
of a fresh bowel movement, submitted to
your veterinarian can be used to identify
the worms present and the correct drug to
be prescribed. This is a public health
concern because your dog may be infected
with roundworms and voiding the eggs in
his bowel movements. Children may
swallow these microscopic eggs and
themselves become infected with the
immature larvae when the eggs hatch in
the intestines. These microscopic larvae
penetrate the walls of the bowel and move
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to the liver, lungs and other organs.
Symptoms in the child may be very mild
and short term or if a large number of
eggs were consumed, pneumonia, nervous
disorders and liver disease can occur.
A concern that is not nearly as
common, but devastating to the family
pet, is an infestation of maggots. With the
hot, humid days of summer, the dog with
a long hair coat has a special concern.
Often, the time is not spent grooming the
hair coat over the winter and spring
months. In the early summer when this
hair is shed, it simply collects in large,
dense, heavy mats. In the presence of
these mats of hair a moist eczema may
develop on the skin and this is an ideal
environment for the fly maggots. The
condition is usually well advanced before
the problem is realized and the maggots
have burrowed deep into the flesh. They
can be there by the hundreds and boil out
of the skin when a large mat of hair is
removed. The dog's and your skin will
crawl. The dog will be very sick and shock
will be an immediate concern.
The solution, at its simplest, is to clip
the hair of those dogs with a thick coat.
Brush out the coat to remove the old hair
as it is shed and keep the large mats of old
hair cut off.
GOOD OLD DAYS
"The farmer of, say 1956, will find that he will have more leisure time than ever
before. While there will, in all likelihood, still be a labour problem, the amount of
manual labour on an up-to-date farm ten years hence will be at a minimum. Sounds
like the fabled Utopia, doesn't it?
Plowing Match 1946
Farm and Commercial Buildings
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