Cysticercus bovis (the larval stage of the human tapeworm Taenia saginata) preferentially encysts in highly vascularized skeletal and cardiac muscles of cattle. Routine post-mortem slaughterhouse inspections primarily examine the heart, masseter muscles (jaw), tongue, and diaphragm for these metacestode cysts ("beef measles").
Cysticercus bovis is commonly found in which muscles?
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