THE Kidney worm (sclekostoma pinguicola) of swine. 



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Stimulation of the region of the 

 loius also undoubtedly has a favour- 

 able effect, and should ahva3's be 

 practised, particularly ^Yhere peri- 

 nephritis is developing. It may check 

 the course of the disease and pre- 

 vent the formation of abscesses. On 

 slaughtering animals suffering as 

 above described the layer of tissue 

 surrounding the kidney is found to 

 be lardaceous and fibro-fatty. 



Any treatment through the bladder 

 is contra-indicated, for even the pas- 

 sage of a catheter may cause severe 

 injury of the urethra or the vesical 

 mucous membrane and produce a 

 fatal aggravation. 



If these conditions are diagnosed 

 earl3^ while the function of the kidney 

 is more or less preserved, and if the 

 animal is still in good condition, it 

 should be slaughtered. 



THE KIDNEY WORM (SCLEROS- 

 TOMA PINGUICOLA) OF SWINE.* 



In the United States of America a 

 worm is frequently found in the fat 

 surrounding the kidneys of pigs, and 

 is supposed by farmers to be the cause 

 of paralysis of the hind limbs. 



This so-called kidney worm of 

 hogs [Hdn-ostoma pinguicola) should 

 not be confounded with the kidney 



* From Beport of the U.S.A. Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, 1899, p. 612. (Louise 

 Taylor.) 



Fig. 232. — Sclerostoma pingtiicola. External 

 view of female, a, Male, natural size; b, fe- 

 male, natural size ; c, mouth ; d, buccal 

 cavity ; e, oesophagus ; /, intestine; g, anus ; 7t, 

 genital opening ; i, genital tract ; A', cephalic 

 gland. (Louise Taylor, Annual Report, Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, 1899, p. 614.) 



