[Heart failure in a pig chronically infected with Sarcocystis miescheriana--a case report]

A pig infected with 2 x 10(5) sporocysts of Sarcocystis miescheriana which had survived the acute phase of the disease from 12 dpi until 17 dpi retarded in growth and finally died at 60 dpi. From gross pathological examination heart failure was assumed as the cause of death. Histopathologically severe Myocarditis eosinophilica fibrosa was diagnosed. The sections through the heart muscle contained numerous degenerating and some intact sarcocysts.