TABLE 1.
Postmortem results from treated animals
| Animal | Total no. of cysts | Viable protoscolicesa | No. of cysts that wereb:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intact | Degenerate | Calcified | |||
| Goat 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Goat 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Goat 4c | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Goat 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Goat 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Goat 8 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Goat 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Goat 11c | |||||
| Goat 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sheep 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sheep 4 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
| Sheep 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Sheep 6 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 75 | 2 | 40 | 24 | 11 |
a
Number of cysts found with at least one viable protoscolex.
b
Intact, clear fluid with membranes attached to cyst wall; degenerate, turbid yellow fluid with collapsed membranes; calcified, chalky deposits in cyst wall.
c
Cysts of T. hydatigena were found, and all were dead as determined by dye exclusion and mobility assays. No cysts of E. granulosus were seen.