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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 89, Issue 6, 15 December 1954, Page 562

HYDATIDS is a . Dogs are our faithful friends. Yet gJr gg g q they can pass Hydatids on to humans B g t Q and stock. To protect ourselves against * this dread disease we must first protect . .. , our dogs visible eggs, later to grow into cysts, reach the bloodstream, and thence to the HERE IS THE PICTURE: liver, lungs, and even the heart and Dogs do not grow the dangerous Hydatid brain. In stock, Hydatid cysts result cysts. They are only carriers of the in the rejection of thousands of pounds Hydatid tapeworms. These they pick worth of meat annually. Serious as the up mainly from eating raw offal. In disease is, it can be stopped by these their droppings, the dogs scatter the ~ precautions. Hydatid tapeworm eggs, which dust, FOR EVERYONE: After handling are finally blown on to stock pastures; { j hand mouth with « or adhere to the coats of dogs and so was ' hi V . children wash reach human hands. Thus, these in- ? , , h x 6 ’ 1 * „ i wz hands before every meal. Wash care-, fully all vegetables and fruit eaten raw. A FOR DOG OWNERS: Never X/ .ffbr \\ throw raw liver or lungs of sheep to A/ JLy u dogs. Cut offal into slices and boil first. Ilf i Otherwise, burn or bury it. Dose your fM B B]£ffr | dog with a vermifuge every three If I months. For this, Arecoline is supplied u g xsr ■ ■ fig JS JF I with your dog license. Rid your dog I A Il °f worms now! Then it is no longer V ,ss '* *-■ Iwllf J a danger to you or to others. V/® ><***x# Mr FARMER .■ • your co-operation, please. 5.3 ISSUED BY THE NEW ZEALAND DEPT. OF HEALTH