Ind. Jour. Vety. Sci. & Anim. Husb., Vol. VIII, Part III ]                     PLATE IV

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           Babesia bigemina (Smith and Kilbourne).

All figures are drawn with the aid of Camera lucida and the magnification is Ca.
× 2,000.

FIGS. 1-3.—Represent variety of pictures which the red or pink staining material
presents when stained with Giemsa (one of the Romanowsky stains).

FIG. 4.—Shows the effect of Fuelgen's reaction on the nucleus counterstained
with light green. Note the structure of the nucleus at the apex and the
hydrolised vacuolated area at the broad pole of the parasite.

FIG. 5.—Shows a Fuelgen preparation counterstained with Heidenhain's iron-
alum-haematoxylin. The hydrolised area is shown to have taken up the
haematoxylin stain.