Boviene sarcosporidiosis of eosinofiele myositis?

Abstract

Sarcosporidiosis is a misused term in meat inspection to name multifocal grey-green lesions observed in muscles of cattle. Instead the correct morphological diagnosis is bovine eosinophilic myositis. The confusion in terminology can not only lead to problems in insurance cases, it also results in incorrect European data reports. This article summarizes the current knowledge of Sarcocystis and bovine eosinophilic myositis in cattle, as a plea for the correct us of terminology.