Nematodes: Trichinosis

Question 1

What is Trichinosis?

Answer 1

a parasitic disease acquired by eating inadequately cooked infected meat

Question 2

What are the 2 causative organisms of Trichinosis?

Answer 2

1. trichinella spiralis

2. other trichinella spp.

Question 3

What are the symptoms/syndrome of Trichinosis in animals?

Answer 3

subclinical

Question 4

How is Trichinosis transmitted?

Answer 4

ingestion of raw or undercooked meat containing the infective larvae

Question 5

How is Trichinosis diagnosed?

3

Answer 5

1. syndrome
2. serology
3. muscle biopsy

Question 6

How is Trichinosis treated?

2

Answer 6

1. antiparasitics

2. anti-inflammatories

Question 7

How is Trichinosis controlled?

3

Answer 7

1. cook meat well or freeze it for at least 20 days before eating
2. cook garbage fed to pigs
3. control rodents in swine rearing operations