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. 1988 Dec;29(12):993–996.

An outbreak of cysticercosis in feedlot cattle

Adam Bundza, Gordon G Finley, Kenneth L Easton
PMCID: PMC1681061  PMID: 17423200

Abstract

An outbreak of cysticercosis (infestation with the larvae of Taenia saginata) occurred in feedlot cattle in Ontario in 1986. Two hundred and thirty-three of 271 steers were confirmed histologically to be positive for cysticerci. Nineteen (8.2%) animals had viable cysticerci, 87 (37.3%) had degenerated cysticerci, 77 (33.0%) had mineralized cysticerci, and 50 (21.5%) steers had lymphoid granulomas consistent with cysticercosis. Three viable cysticerci were partly evaginated and one degenerate cysticercus was fully evaginated.

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