Trichinellosis in swine and wild boars in Poland from 1993 to 1998.
The prevalence of Trichinella sp. among 97, 193, 480 swine and 309,040 wild boars was determined by artificial digestion method. Pork meat was about 6 times less infected with Trichinella sp. in the years 1997-1998 than in the years 1993-1994. In the years 1993-1994 894 positive Trichinella sp. cases (prevalence--0.0029%) in pork meat were established. The prevalence of Trichinella larvae infection in pork meat in the years 1997-1998 was 0.00030%--larvae were found in 141 cases, only.
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Department of Animal Hygiene and Prophylaxis, University of Agriculture 71-466 Szczecin, Dr. Judyma str. 6, Poland.
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D000818:Animals; D016266:Food Parasitology; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D014234:Trichinella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*