. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. 260 PARASITIC DISEASES small intestine. The Echinorhjnchus is not as common a parasite as the Ascaride, and it is not usually present in large numbers. Usually, not more than a half-dozen of these worms are found in the intestine of a hog, but in some localities and in hogs that are allowed to root around manure piles and in clover pastures the herd may become badly infected with them and serious losses occur. The average length of the male is about 3 inches (8 cm.) and the female 10 inches (26 cm.). The Trlclioceplialus crenahis or whip
. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. 260 PARASITIC DISEASES small intestine. The Echinorhjnchus is not as common a parasite as the Ascaride, and it is not usually present in large numbers. Usually, not more than a half-dozen of these worms are found in the intestine of a hog, but in some localities and in hogs that are allowed to root around manure piles and in clover pastures the herd may become badly infected with them and serious losses occur. The average length of the male is about 3 inches (8 cm.) and the female 10 inches (26 cm.). The Trlclioceplialus crenahis or whip ivorm (Fig. YY) is slender or hair-like in its anterior two-thirds and thick pos-. 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 Craig, Robert Alexander, 1872-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott company
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