THE ANIMAL PARASITES 
651 
Table 28. 
Occurrence of Blood Parasites. 
(Adapted from Plimmer, nine year period) 
Animals examined-12,241 Mammalia-2,924. Aves-6,619 Reptilia-2,698. 
Parasite. 
Host 
No. 
Infested 
% Infested 
1 . Hemogregarines . 
2. Microfilaria .... 
3. Hemoproteus . . 
4. Trypanosomes . 
5. Plasmodia. 
6. Leucocytozoa 
7. Intestinal organisms* 
8. Toxiplasma 
9. Spirochseta 
10. Babesia 
11. Hsemocystidium . 
Reptilia 
Mammalia 
Aves 
Reptilia 
Aves 
Mammalia 
Aves 
Reptilia 
Amphibia 
Mammalia 
Aves 
Reptilia 
Aves 
Reptilia 
Mammalia 
Aves 
Reptilia 
Mammalia 
Mammalia 
Reptilia 
316 
33 
191 
24 
140 
1 
28 
4 
3 
2 
39 
5 
16 
16 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
11.8 
1.1 
3. 
1. 
2.1 
0.003 
0.4 
0.6 
0.2 
0.5 
Grand Total. 
824 
*The exact taxonomic position could not be stated, — probably an ameba. 
Summary of Table 28. 
Parasitized 
Animals 
examined 
% Parasitized 
Mammalia 
Aves 
Reptilia 
39 
415 
367 
2,924 
6,619 
2,698 
1.5 
6.5 
14.0 
Total 
821 
12,241 
6.7 
FiLARiASis IN Weld Cats (Felis ruff us). — This para- 
site was named Filaria fasciata because it coils in the 
fascia between the muscles — generally those of the thigh 
and abdomen. The worms are easily detected on skinning 
the animal and separating thigh and other muscles. 
Microfilaria were always present in the blood. The grade 
of pathogenicity is only conjectural. 
Peritoneal. Filaria in Monkeys. — Thread worms 
have been encountered eleven times, largely in Cebidae. In 
