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Should a human being consume uncooked swine flesh 

 containing one of these mature bladder worms the 

 digestive juices would dissolve the capsule and liberate 

 the scolex, which would attach itself to the intestinal 

 mucosa. From three to five months are required from 

 the time of ingestion of the bladder worm by the human 

 until ripe segments are eliminated. One ripe segment 

 contains from ten to thirty thousand ova. 



B 



Fig. 8. CYSTICEKCOSIS (Pork Measles). 

 A. Muscle. B. Fat. . Cysticercus cellulosae. 



Swine become infested by ingesting water or food 

 contaminated with the ova of the Tsenia solium. This 

 condition occurs only in hogs that consume human 

 excrements, and young swine are more susceptible to 

 this condition than are the aged animals. 



Lesions. The presence of the cysts typifies Cys- 

 ticercus cellulosse. These cysts vary in size from visible 

 points to small beans. They are usually oval in shape, 



