. Fig. 127. —A racemose echino- coccus, natural size. (After Leuckart, 1880.) present the}' seldom produce sufficient disturbance to attract attention. On the other hand, ^Yhen numerous they deform the liver, produce glandular atrophy, increase the total size of the organ, and lead to the appearance of clearly-marked symptoms. The cystic vesicles contain a clear, limpid, transparent fluid, in which float secondary, daughter, or granddaughter vesicles. Symptoms. Echinococcosis of the liver has no well-marked sj'mptoms, and is there- fore difficult to diagnose in animals whose liver is deeply se
. Fig. 127. —A racemose echino- coccus, natural size. (After Leuckart, 1880.) present the}' seldom produce sufficient disturbance to attract attention. On the other hand, ^Yhen numerous they deform the liver, produce glandular atrophy, increase the total size of the organ, and lead to the appearance of clearly-marked symptoms. The cystic vesicles contain a clear, limpid, transparent fluid, in which float secondary, daughter, or granddaughter vesicles. Symptoms. Echinococcosis of the liver has no well-marked sj'mptoms, and is there- fore difficult to diagnose in animals whose liver is deeply seated, and therefore beyond palpation. The signs which may characterise the period of penetration of the embryos through the intestine and into the depths of the liver, and which are probably represented by slight colic, vague pain and diarrhoea, usually pass unnoticed. But later, when the liver is extensively invaded ap- petite becomes irregular without apparent cause, animals show intractable diarrhoea, general feebleness, dulness, and wasting. These symptoms do not point with sufficient clearness to a special
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