Searching for Trichinella : not all pigs are created equal

Searching for Trichinella : not all pigs are created equal

Highlights • Trichinella parasites are mainly searched in the wrong pigs. • Only free-ranging and backyard pigs are at risk for Trichinella infection. • Trichinella parasites cannot reach pigs reared under controlled housing conditions. • Trichinella control should be risk-based oriented.

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Veröffentlicht in:Trends in parasitology 2014-01, Vol.30 (1), p.4-11
1. Verfasser: Pozio, Edoardo
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal Husbandry - standards
Animals
audit
backyard
controlled housing
free-ranging
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Humans
Infectious Disease
Meat - parasitology
pigs
risk-based surveillance
Socioeconomic Factors
Swine
Swine Diseases - epidemiology
Swine Diseases - prevention & control
Trichinella
Trichinella - physiology
Trichinellosis - epidemiology
Trichinellosis - prevention & control
Trichinellosis - veterinary
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Trichinella parasites are mainly searched in the wrong pigs. • Only free-ranging and backyard pigs are at risk for Trichinella infection. • Trichinella parasites cannot reach pigs reared under controlled housing conditions. • Trichinella control should be risk-based oriented.
ISSN:1471-4922
1471-5007
DOI:10.1016/j.pt.2013.11.001