194 ESSENTIALS OF VETERINARY LAW 
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. 
Careasses 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 flukes must be condemned. 
Pregnancy. Carecasses 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- 
