The Entozoa of the Hippopotamus.

Abstract

The parasites described in this paper were, with two exceptions, collected by me on the occasion of a visit to Uganda during the summer of 1907, as a member of the Egyptian Government Survey.During a month's stay near the Murchison Falls on the Victoria Nile I dissected four Hippopotami for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent they harboured parasitic worms.In every case worms were present in large numbers in the stomach, intestines, liver and subcutaneous tissues, comprising no less than nine species, of which three were round worms and six flat worms -no tapeworms occurred.Shortly after my return to England I received from Dr. Sells, of the Uganda Medical Staff, a collection of parasites from various animals.Among these were two new species from the Hippopotamus that did not occur in my own series, but which for the sake of completeness are recorded here.NEMATODA.