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. 1998 Mar;42(3):601–605. doi: 10.1128/aac.42.3.601

TABLE 2.

Postmortem results from control animals

Animal Total no. of cysts Viable protoscolicesa No. of cysts that wereb:
Intact Degenerate Calcified
Goat 3 9 7 8 0 1
Goat 6 3 3 3 0 0
Goat 9 3 0 0 0 3
Sheep 3 3 3 3 0 0
Total 18 13 14 0 4
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.