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INTESTINAL WORMS OF SOLIPEDS. The large round-worms or ascarides and the sclerostomes are the most injurious intestinal parasites of solipeds. It may be present in the double colon in such large numbers as to form an entangled mass that completely fills a portion of the loop in which it is lodged.
It may interfere with digestion by obstructing the passage of alimentary matter, and irritating the intestine. The S. equinum and S. tetracanthum are small worms. Both sclerostomes attach themselves to the lining membrane of the intestine by their mouth parts, and suck blood. The young S. equinum may live in tumor-like cysts that they cause to form in the lining membrane of the intestine.
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