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The Animal Parasites of Man

Note 287 — ON PARASITES IN GENERAL. (continued 8)

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The larvæ which on rare occasions are found in the muscular system of sheep are either strayed specimens of Cysticercus tenuicollis, which normally develop in organs of the abdominal cavity, and appertain to Tænia marginata of the dog, or actually Cysticercus cellulosæ. (Cf. Bongert, in Zeitschr. f. Fleisch- u. Milchhyg., 1899, ix, p. 86.)

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