. The management and diseases of the dog. Dog breeds; Dogs. 224 "^^^^ Management and Diseases of the Dog. contains free embryonic filariae, and whettier 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 resumS 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. T
. The management and diseases of the dog. Dog breeds; Dogs. 224 "^^^^ Management and Diseases of the Dog. contains free embryonic filariae, and whettier 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 resumS 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 Spiroptera * In the Veterinary Journal for February, 1878, extracted from the Customs Gazette there is an exhaustive and most interesting: paper " On Chinese Hsmatozoa," by Patrick Manson, 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. Philadelphia, Gebbie & Company
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