Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of

 

Date of this Version

2005

Comments

Published in Veterinary Parasitology (2005) 132: 147-150.

Abstract

In December 2001, the routine inspection of a wild boar intended for human consumption revealed the presence of Trichinella ssp. larvae. Biological, morphological and genetic analyses demonstrated the parasite to be Trichinella pseudospiralis. This is the second report of T. pseudospiralis in the United States and the first report of the parasite in a food animal species in the U.S.