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Urinary Nematode Life Cycle

Adult Dioctophyme renale, aptly called the giant kidney worm, removed from the kidney of a dog

 

 

Barrel-shaped egg of Dioctophyme renale with the characteristic indistinct bipolar plugs and heavily pitted surface

 

Pearsonema egg showing the characteristic flattened bipolar plugs