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through the skin. The chest cavity of the dog is 

 large and there are 13 pairs of ribs on each side — 

 0. true and 4 false. 



The stomach is simple and the gullet wide at its 

 entrance, which facilitates vomiting at will ; 

 whereas the outlet of it is close which prevents 

 food from readily passing out into the bowels. 



Fowl Louse Feather-Eating or Depluming 



(Goniocotes ho/ogastir) Scabies (^Sarcoptes lacvis) 



(greatly enlarged) Egg-bearing female (greatly 



enlarged) 



Digestive functions are slow. As in other animals 

 the liver is situated on the right side, behind and 

 under cover of the last two ribs. The teats are 

 arranged similarly to those of the pig, and the 

 bulk of the generative apparatus is contained 

 within the pelvic cavity. The digits are divided 

 into four, and the distal extremity is provided 

 with a claw, which in the cat is retractile — there 



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