[Sarcosporidiosis of the myocardium in hoofed game]

In a histological examination of the hearts of 290 head of hoofed game sarcosporidiosis was found in 34 p. c. of the investigated cases. In the European deer it was found in 11.1 p. c., in the Sika deer in 3.9 p. c., in the Virginia deer in 12.5 p. c. (eight investigated animals, of which one was positive), in fallow deer in 10.8 p. c., in roe-deer in 78.7 p. c., in moufflon in 28.2 p. c. and in chamois in 75 p. c. (four animals, three of which were positive). Pathological changes of the myocardium were found in approximately one sixth of the positive cases in roe-deer, and in the other species in single cases. This myocarditis was non-purulent without any more marked participation of eosinophils, and rarely there was fibroproduction in the course of a protracted inflammation of the myocardium. The morphological picture of the sarcosporidiosis of the myocardium of a strong degree excludes the possibility of such an invasion to remain without any unfavourable effect on the function of the potency of heart.