. Animal parasites and parasitic diseases . Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine. PARASITOLOGY. 181 Descriptio7i.—The head is some larger than that of the two preceding species and is provided with four sucker discs ; the neck is short and thick; the seg- ments are wider than long. The terminal segments are narrower than the preceding ones, which gives the worm an attenuated appearance. The posterior borders of the segments are fringed both dorsally and ventrally with finger-like projections; those on the border of the segments close to the head are short but on the lateral segments the fring
. Animal parasites and parasitic diseases . Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine. PARASITOLOGY. 181 Descriptio7i.—The head is some larger than that of the two preceding species and is provided with four sucker discs ; the neck is short and thick; the seg- ments are wider than long. The terminal segments are narrower than the preceding ones, which gives the worm an attenuated appearance. The posterior borders of the segments are fringed both dorsally and ventrally with finger-like projections; those on the border of the segments close to the head are short but on the lateral segments the fringe covers the succeeding ones. The fully developed worm varies from three to six inches in length. a. Life History.—The sheep tick is said to be the intermediate host. Animals Infested.—Sheep. Parts Infested.—Small intes- tines. Symptoms.—When the animal is infested by many worms they may interfere with digestion and by robbing the host of nu- trients cause an unthrifty con- dition ; they may prove serious to lambs. Many times the worms find their way from the duodenum, through the bile duct to the gall bladder; they may clog the gall duct and cause serious results Treatment.— as for the Taenia Fig. 69— Taenia Fimbriata. a, Head. b, neck. c, Terminal segmenis with 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 Kaupp, Benjamin Franklyn, 1874-. Chicago : A. Eger
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