A Study of the Helminths of Dogs and Cats of Aberystwyth, Wales

Abstract

While carrying out an intensive survey of the helminths parasitic in domestic animals at Aberystwyth, an opportunity was Afforded the writer to examine the dogs and cats taken to the local police station for destruction by the lethal chamber process. These animals comprised the unclaimed “strays,” the incurably wounded or maimed, the vicious and the aged. Healthy but unwanted animals, also, were occasionally destroyed.