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the infection be found general. If localized to one 

 organ or part of the body the edible portions of 

 the remainder may be passed after the removal of 

 infected portions. Where limited to a small 

 portion of an edible part of the body the remainder 

 of that organ may be passed. 



Carcasses of sheep infested with the Cysticer- 

 cus ovis after removal of condemned portions must 

 be held for final inspection, and if the total number 

 of cysts found embedded in, or in close relation 

 with, muscle exceeds five the entire carcass must 

 be condemned. 



Carcasses of animals showing the presence of 

 gid bladder worms may be passed after removal 

 of the affected brain and spinal cord. 



Organs or parts of carcasses infested with 

 hydatid cysts (Echinococcus) must be condemned. 



Livers infected with fluJces must be condemned. 



Pregnancy. Carcasses in advanced stages of 

 pregnancy, or which have given birth within ten 

 days, may be passed for sterilization, provided 

 there is no evidence of septic infection. In that 

 case the entire body must be condemned. 



Degeneration. Animals too emaciated for food, 

 or which show slimy degeneration of fat, or serous 

 infiltration of muscles must be condemned. 



Too young. All stillborn or unborn animals, 

 and those too immature to make good meat must 

 be condemned. 



Hogs which have entered the scalding vat alive, 

 or which have been suffocated in any way, must 

 be condemned. 



Chicken feed. Meat and organs condemned on 

 account of parasitic infection, the flesh of imma- 



