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SWINE PRACTICE 

 PARASITES 



The cystic .form of the Taenia solium of man has been observed in 

 the kidney of swine, but is not of common occurrence in that lo- 

 cation. The cystic forms of the Tffinia echinococcus also occur in 

 this organ. / 



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Fig. 39. Adeno-sarcoma of the kidney. — A, Normal kidney tissue; B, hem- 

 orrhagic areas; C, pelvis; D, sarcomatous tissue. This kidney was seven 

 or eight times the size of a normal kidney. 



The Stephanurus dcntatum is sometimes found in the kidney struc- 

 ture, although it more commonly occurs in the perirenal fat. 



TUMORS 



The kidney of swine is affected with adenosarcoma. In the living 

 swine the presence of these tumors is not suspected, They appear 



