. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. WORMS. 217 companions. The trichinae also spread through the body of any living being (men, rats) which eats trichinous pork. The trichinae thus introduced cause, in the human subject, a dangerous or even fatal disease known as trichinosis. The size of this book does not permit me to describe the symptoms of this complaint in man. Pigs suffer much less from the parasite ; they may even contain an enormous number of trichinae in their muscles without being noticeably ill. Symptoms of disease, however, often appear more or less clearly. A short time after eating
. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. WORMS. 217 companions. The trichinae also spread through the body of any living being (men, rats) which eats trichinous pork. The trichinae thus introduced cause, in the human subject, a dangerous or even fatal disease known as trichinosis. The size of this book does not permit me to describe the symptoms of this complaint in man. Pigs suffer much less from the parasite ; they may even contain an enormous number of trichinae in their muscles without being noticeably ill. Symptoms of disease, however, often appear more or less clearly. A short time after eating the trichinous meat the appe- tite of the pigs is bad; they appear ,:*4"vrF. Fig. 130.—Encapauled Muscle TrichiDse in flesh, strongly magnified. Fig. 131.—Male Intestinal Trichina, strongly Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bos, Jan Ritzema, 1850-1928; Ainsworth Davis, J. R. (James Richard), 1861-1934. London, Chapman & Hall, Ld.
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