Swine trichinella infection and geographic information system tools.
Pastured pigs are vulnerable to Trichinella spiralis infection through exposure to wild reservoir hosts. To evaluate the potential impact of the expanding production of pork from pasture-raised pigs, we mapped locations of T. spiralis occurrence and pastured-pig farms in the United States. Twenty-eight farms were located within 50 km of previous infection.
Burke
Robin
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Masuoka
Penny
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Murrell
K Darwin
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D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D015995:Prevalence; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017160:Trichinella spiralis; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D014481:United States