HYDATIDOSIS AND CYSTICERCOSIS

Abstract

SummaryThe distribution of 12,310 cysts of Taenia ovis in 212 experimentally infected lambs and of 46 cysts in 24 naturally infected 5‐year‐old sheep, has been analysed. It was determined that irrespective of the number of cysticerci in an infected group of animals, about two‐thirds were present in the carcase meat, and the remainder were distributed between the heart, diaphragm and head including the tongue. In lightly infected animals, cysticerci were not necessarily present in any of these sites. In individual animals, the number of cysticerci present in any one or in all three of these sites, did not provide accurate information on the extent of the infection in the carcase meat.