Quantitative studies of Trichinella spiralis infections in other than mammalian hosts are rare. The intestinal phase of T. spiralis infections in 8-week-old mice and 1-day-old chicks were compared.

Pork roundworm infection in dogs is caused by a parasite called Trichinella spiralis. Eating infected or raw pork is usually the cause of the condition. Generally, younger puppies and senior dogs are ...

Infectivity of Trichinella spiralis from the polar bear and from hogs has been tested in a number of host species. Rats, hamsters, and mice are relatively refractory to the polar bear form but are ...

Authorities in a province of Argentina have issued a warning following the discovery of a Trichinella outbreak. Related samples of bacon and dried chorizo sausage were positive for Trichinella ...

Trichinosis (or trichinellosis) is a rather unpleasant-sounding and sometimes-fatal disease caused by ingestion of the parasitic roundworm Trichinella spiralis. The Trichinella Page, an online ...

Meat from backyard pigs was the source of a trichinellosis outbreak in France and Serbia in 2017. Three patients were exposed in Serbia and took pork back to France where they shared it with relatives ...