| diagnostics and epidemiology of alveolar echinococcosis in slaughtered pigs from large-scale husbandries in germany. | by means of the official meat inspection of domestic pigs, exceptionally high proportions of livers affected by encapsulated nodules containing whitish to light yellow, viscous to pasty material ("microabscesses") were detected. the swine had been raised on four different farms, being located in distinct regions of germany (brandenburg, thuringia, upper franconia). macroscopical and histological examination of 77 samples of livers revealed granulomatous to necrotizing hepatitis with attendance o ... | 2013 | 23093207 |