species being as follows: Capillaria bovis of cattle, 47 microns long 
by 27 microns wide; C. brevipes (Fig. 37) of sheep, 50 microns long 
by 25 microns wide; C. longipes (Fig. 38) of sheep, 45 to 50 microns 
long by 22 to 25 microns wide. 
Fig. 38. Capillaria longipes. Egg. Enlarged. From Ransom, 1911. 
As noted in the paper on eggs and larvae of swine parasites, the 
eggs of species of the genus Strongyloides contain well developed 
embryos when passed, and these eggs hatch promptly. The eggs may 
be found in fresh feces, but in older feces the free larvae are present. 
Fig. 39. Synthetocaulus capillaris. Larva. Enlarged. From Fiebiger, 1912. 
Brumpt, in 1921, reported a new Strongyloides, S. vituli, from cattle, 
but no description of this species is yet available. The eggs of S. 
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