Table 1.

Numbers of Taenia solium cysticerci in individual, infected pigs among 110 animals subjected to post mortem examination and slicing of selected carcase sites, including all the carcase skeletal musculature from the right hand side of the carcase. Animals were 8–25 (mean 14.5) months of age from the Nepaljung region of Nepal. Cysts were detected by slicing predilection sites and half the remaining body skeletal musculature. Numbers of viable cysts are shown for various carcase locations.

Animal ID	Age (months)	Estimated total cysts (full carcass V+ NV)	Viable cysts (% all sites)	Cysts detected at necropsy (specified sites)
				Tongue	Masseter	Diaphragm	Heart	Liver	Brain	Right forelimb	Remaining half carcass
U-20	10	3245	90.0	33	212	17	4	1	2	518	970
U-24	18	1318	99.5	0	30	27	0	0	17	253	369
U-13	12	1235	100.0	7	85	5	1	0	41	171	377
U-71	18	737	100.0	11	76	2	1	1	0	97	226
B-77	13	647	10.7	0	18	0	0	2	5	157	154
B-80	16	500	96.6	2	13	6	0	1	0	136	103
U-9	15	430	100.0	2	6	0	0	0	0	94	117
H-72	15	49	100.0	2	6	0	0	0	1	9	11
U-14	25	45	0.0	1	0	0	0	28	0	4	4
H-39	12	31	100.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	7
B-89	12	21	23.8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6
H-110	12	17	76.5	1	3	0	0	0	1	4	2
H-57	8	16	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
U-8	15	13	100.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
U-11	12	12	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
U-65	20	11	90.9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
H-37	11	11	100.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1
B-86	12	9	0.0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2
U-12	15	6	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
U-15	8	4	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U-67	24	4	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
B-87	12	4	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U-70	18	3	100.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
U-99	15	3	100.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
B-78	24	3	33.3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
U-34	12	2	100.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
U-66	24	2	100.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
U-4	12	2	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
U-30	11	2	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
U-64	15	2	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
H-49	10	2	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
B-85	12	2	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Animal ID: first letter corresponds to source (Udaypur, Hirminiya or Betahani); V: viable; NV: non-viable.