T^ENIA ECHINOCOCCUS 



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Echinococcus is very common in slaughtered animals ; in Germany, how- 

 ever, the figures in the reports of the abattoirs present an erroneous 

 view in so far as, besides the total number of animals slaughtered, only 

 the numbers of those organs (liver and lungs) are published that were so 

 severely infected with echinococci that, even when the parasites were cut 

 out, the flesh could not be placed upon the market and was therefore 

 " condemned." 



FIG. 176. Section through an Echinococcus cyst with brood capsules. (From 

 a wax model.) 



In Berlin the following animals were slaughtered : 



During the same years the following were condemned in consequence of 

 being infected with Echinococci : 



Nevertheless there are statistics that give the total number of animals 

 infected with Echinococcus : 



In Giistrow, in Mecklenburg, half of the animals slaughtered are said to 

 be infected with Echinococcus ; in Wismar 25 per cent, of the oxen, 

 15 per cent, of the sheep and 5 per cent, of the pigs are infected ; accord- 

 ing to Mayer, in Leipzig, 3-79 per cent, native pigs, 24-47 per cent. Hun- 



