HORSES AND BOT FLIES
In cbfttradifetidii to Me" views expressed by an American, Government veterinarian, as recently published in our columns, Mr Knocks, of Otaki, maintain* in a letter which appears elsewhere in this issue, are ■ not so harmless ns alleged, in support of his contention, Mr Knocks has shown us a horse’s stomach preserved in methylated spirit*, showing scores of the hot fly larvae attached to it, and also showing perr forations made by these pertinacious peat*. He has also photographs of other _ horses' stomachs, which] show similar injuries and also bots presetnt in large
numbers. It is impossible to believe otherwise than that the presence of bots in such numbers must prove fatal to. the ''horse; ' The extent of injury will no doubt depend upon the number of bots in the stomach of the horse, for if the number he' “small, they may all be carried, off by natural process before fatal inj tiry is inflicted* It would -be ah interesting thing to discover whether the bots are more numerous in horses inNtfST Zealand than they are eflsewhere.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1514, 7 March 1901, Page 6
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