Muscular cysticercosis from Taenia ovis in feedlot lambs.
From a Colorado enterprise annually fattening about 50,000 lambs, 3,664 animals were examined for muscular cysticercosis. Of the total number, 406 (11.1%) were parasitized, wheras an estimated 0.1% of Colorado lamb carcasses are infected. Of the infected lambs, 60% had cardiac lesions. Two types of cysticerci-viable and degenerated-were found. The lambs probably acquired infection from grazing summer ranges and pastures where coyotes or dogs infected with Taenia ovis contaminated the forage.
D000818:Animals; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006321:Heart / Q000469:parasitology; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology