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During 5 years 1 321 075 pigs, 269 222 cows and calves, 9327 sheep and 479 horses have been slaughtered in the Kielce voivodship. Were evaluated as unfit 213 411 (13.3%) of the carcasses and organs, and 7019 (0.44%) as conditionally approved. The most frequent causes of losses in all animal species were pyogenic foci, contaminations and hyperemia, found in 57.76% of the pigs, 49.3% of the cows, 32% of the sheep and 17.9% of the horses. They were mainly the results of faults during long lasting and exhausting transport. The incidence of these changes decreased during the last 5 years. In pigs, great losses were caused by echinococcosis, especially liver echinococcosis (17.24%). The incidence of Trichinella spiralis diminished during the last 10 years in the Kielce voivodship. In cattle and sheep, high losses were caused by Liver fluke (36.7% and 24.4% respectively) but the extensiveness of the invasion diminished. Because of the small number of slaugh- tered sheep and horses conclusions concerning causes of losses can not be unequivocally established.