Table 4 Taenia solium cysticerci distribution and weight of pork cuts
Organ/Cut | Input data | Calculated data | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Relative cyst density | Mean weight (%) | Weight (kg) | Cut fraction | Fraction portion | |
Brain | 1.7 × 10-2 | 3.4 × 10-1 | 1.3 × 10-1 | 3.2 × 10-3 | 7.4 × 10-1 |
Head muscles | 6.8 × 10-2 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 × 10-2 | 8.4 × 10-2 |
Internal masseter | 1.6 × 10-1 | 2.3 × 10-1 | 9.1 × 10-2 | 2.2 × 10-3 | 1.0 |
External masseter | 1.4 × 10-1 | 4.2 × 10-1 | 1.7 × 10-1 | 3.9 × 10-3 | 6.0 × 10-1 |
Tongue | 5.9 × 10-2 | 1.1 | 4.4 × 10-1 | 1.0 × 10-2 | 2.3 × 10-1 |
Esophagus | 5.5 × 10-3 | 2.4 × 10-1 | 9.5 × 10-2 | 2.2 × 10-3 | 1.0 |
Heart | 3.6 × 10-2 | 8.1 × 10-1 | 3.2 × 10-1 | 7.6 × 10-3 | 3.1 × 10-1 |
Diaphragm | 4.5 × 10-2 | 7.2 × 10-1 | 2.8 × 10-1 | 6.7 × 10-3 | 3.5 × 10-1 |
Tenderloin | 2.0 × 10-1 | 5.0 × 10-1 | 1.2 × 10-2 | 2.0 × 10-1 | |
Loin | 2.0 × 10-2 | 1.4 × 101 | 3.3 × 10-1 | 7.2 × 10-3 | |
Shoulder | 9.3 × 10-2 | 3.5 | 8.4 × 10-2 | 2.8 × 10-2 | |
Foreleg | 7.5 × 10-2 | 4.0 | 9.4 × 10-2 | 2.5 × 10-2 | |
Belly | 2.4 × 10-2 | 5.4 | 1.3 × 10-1 | 1.8 × 10-2 | |
Ham | 6.0 × 10-2 | 1.2 × 101 | 2.9 × 10-1 | 8.2 × 10-3 | |
Total | 1 | 4.2 × 101 | 1 | ||