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Fig. 3

From: Dirofilaria immitis in wolves recolonizing northern Italy: are wolves competent hosts?

Fig. 3

Example of three composite embryograms for investigated heartworm females. Each uterine segment is numbered from 1 to 20, from the head to the tail end. Right: non-gravid heartworm female, in which no stage beyond pre-larvae is present. Centre: “normal” gravid female in which all embryonic stages are present with a regular tail-to-head distribution from pre-larvae to stretched microfilariae. Left: “discontinuous gradient” gravid female in which microfilariae are present but other embryonic stages (e.g. pretzels) are missing

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