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Condemnation of beef because of Sarcocystis hirsuta infection
J P Dubey1, R M Udtujan, L Cannon
1Zoonotic Diseases Laboratory, Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Carcasses from 18 Holstein cows from Nevada, California, and Oregon were condemned because of grossly visible sarcocysts of Sarcocystis hirsuta. Sarcocysts were white to dull white, 2 to 7 mm long, and approximately 1 mm wide. Sarcocysts were most numerous in muscles of diaphragm, flank, and limbs and were able to infect laboratory-raised cats.