. Animal parasites and parasitic diseases. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine. 152 PARASITOLOGY. The condition of the muscle being infested by these cysts is called measly pork; the cyst or larva cysticercus cellulosae. Symptoms.—In badly infested cases the cysts may be found bulging from the mucous surface of the sides of the tongue or phrenum, or from the conjunc- tival or rectal mucous membrane. When the cysts in the tongue are numerous they may cause partial paralysis, and as a result,difficult prehension of food. If the cysts are formed in the brain or spinal cord various nervous disor
. Animal parasites and parasitic diseases. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine. 152 PARASITOLOGY. The condition of the muscle being infested by these cysts is called measly pork; the cyst or larva cysticercus cellulosae. Symptoms.—In badly infested cases the cysts may be found bulging from the mucous surface of the sides of the tongue or phrenum, or from the conjunc- tival or rectal mucous membrane. When the cysts in the tongue are numerous they may cause partial paralysis, and as a result,difficult prehension of food. If the cysts are formed in the brain or spinal cord various nervous disorders, as vertigo, convulsions, etc., may be observed. When generalized the ani-. Fig. 61—Cysticercus Cellulosae of tongue, (measly pork), a, Muscle fibers b, cyst showing larva wiihin. mal is unthrifty, weak and emaciated. In post mor- tem v^ork the meat from such infested hogs should be condemned as unwholesome and dangerous. In man the adult worm causes disturbance in digestion, nausea, tmcomfortable fe-^iing in the abdominal re- gion, loss of flesh, etc. Taenia Saginata (Saginatus—to make fat). Syiiojiym.—Taenia Mediocanellata. Distrilmtion.—More common in the United States than the preceding species; also common in othei 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 Kaupp, B. F. (Benjamin Franklyn), 1874-. Chicago, A. Eger
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