Larger Parasites. 



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sheep pass tlie ripe, detached segments, shutting them up, 

 expelling the worm by vermifuges (oil of turpentine in 

 milk, male-fem, etc.,) and burning both it and the sheep's 

 droppings. 



LAHD-WOEM OP THE HOG. 

 This worm (Stephanurus Dentatus) is from one to one and 

 Fig. 7. 



Fig. 7 — Stephanurus Dentatus ; a, male ; J, female ; c, head, magnified. Yer 



rill. 



three-fourths inches long by one-thirteenth inch broad, 

 and is found in almost all parts of the body of swine. It 



Fig. 8. 



Fig. 8 — Eustrongylus Gigas. Cuvier. 

 is frequent in the hver, kidney and the fat about the spare- 



