. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. ECHINOCOCCOSIS OF THE LIVER. 283 seat of the secondary growths. The patients lose appetite, the fteces become foetid, and diarrhoea sets in without clear signs of enteritis. Examination of the liver always reveals hypertrophy, and sometimes sensitiveness. The patients rapidly lose flesh, become cachectic, and the proportionate number of red blood corpuscles diminishes. From the normal of six or seven millions the number may fall to one million or less, while that of the white corpuscles considerably increases. This leucocytosis
. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. ECHINOCOCCOSIS OF THE LIVER. 283 seat of the secondary growths. The patients lose appetite, the fteces become foetid, and diarrhoea sets in without clear signs of enteritis. Examination of the liver always reveals hypertrophy, and sometimes sensitiveness. The patients rapidly lose flesh, become cachectic, and the proportionate number of red blood corpuscles diminishes. From the normal of six or seven millions the number may fall to one million or less, while that of the white corpuscles considerably increases. This leucocytosis, which accompanies all forms of visceral cancer, enables one to distinguish between cancer and chronic forms of diarrhoeic enteritis; it must not be confused with leucaemia. Moderately developed ascites is common, in consequence of obstruction in the porto-hepatic Fig. 122.—Poition of pig's liver infested with echinoccocus hydatid, natural size. (Stiles, Annual Report, Department of Agriculture, 1900.) The diagnosis of cancer of the liver or biliary ducts is surrounded with difficulty, and the prognosis is extremely grave, because no treatment is possible. ECHINOCOCCOSIS OF THE LIVER. This term is applied to the development in the depths of the hepatic parenchyma of hydatids of Tcenia ecldnococcus. The echinococcus 113 datid is found in man, cattle, sheep, swine, etc. It represents an intermediate stage of development of the echinococcus tapeworm of dogs. Since this parasite develops its larval stage in man also, and further, since it is the most dangerous animal parasite found in man, it is important to thoroughly understand its life history in order to guard against infection. Adult stage {Tccnia echinococcus).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Moussu, Gustave, 1864-;
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