. The management and diseases of the dog. Dogs. 224 T^^ Management and Diseases of the Dog. contains free embryonic filarise, and whether such immature worms, if found, correspond or not with the embryos found in the oviducts of the full-grown worms. It is probable that they do, for Dr. Krabbe, in his admirable resumi already referred to, states that the worm reproduces viviparously, and that the young are carried along in the circulation.* " Estrongylus gigas (Fig. 25), or giant strongle, infests the kidneys of various animals ; but it is rarely met with in the dog. The males seldom exce
. The management and diseases of the dog. Dogs. 224 T^^ Management and Diseases of the Dog. contains free embryonic filarise, and whether such immature worms, if found, correspond or not with the embryos found in the oviducts of the full-grown worms. It is probable that they do, for Dr. Krabbe, in his admirable resumi already referred to, states that the worm reproduces viviparously, and that the young are carried along in the circulation.* " Estrongylus gigas (Fig. 25), or giant strongle, infests the kidneys of various animals ; but it is rarely met with in the dog. The males seldom exceed ten inches in length, but the females have been known to exceed a yard in measurement from head to tail, whilst their thickness equals that of the little finger. The accompanying figure of a female specimen, from Blanchard, is reduced to one-third of the natural FIG. 25. THE GIANT STRONGLE. (bLANCHARD.) " The remaining round worms of the dog are Sptrofitera * In the Veterinary Journal for February, 1878, extracted Irom the Customs Gazette there is an exhaustive a"d most interesting paper " On Chinese Hasmatozoa," by Patrick Manson, M D. 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 Hill, John Woodroffe, d. 1909. London, S. Sonnenschein & Co. , Lim. ; New York, The Macmillan Co.
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