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Trichinella spiralis is a viviparous [1] nematode parasite, occurring in rodents, pigs, bears, hyenas and humans, and is responsible for the disease trichinosis. It is sometimes referred to as the "pork worm" due to it being typically encountered in undercooked pork products. It should not be confused with the distantly related pork tapeworm.
T. spiralis is most adapted to swine, most pathogenic in humans, and is cosmopolitan in distribution. [citation needed] T. britovi is the second-most common species to infect humans; it is distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and northern and western Africa, usually in wild carnivores, crocodiles, birds, wild boar, and domesticated pigs.
In the event of the drug's removal, farmers would need to resort to antibiotics intended for human use. FDA could ban drug used to treat pigs over cancer risks for humans Skip to main content
The human outbreak coincided with one in the local pig populations. There was no evidence of human-to-human transmission; all of the patients had been in direct contact with pigs. Many of the patients, and almost all of the fatal cases, had typical symptoms of Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS).
Porcine stress syndrome, also known as malignant hyperthermia or PSS, is a condition in pigs. It is characterised by hyperthermia triggered by stress, anaesthesia with halothane or intense exercise. PSS may appear as sudden death in pigs, often after transport.
Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, belongs to the cyclophyllid cestode family Taeniidae.It is found throughout the world and is most common in countries where pork is eaten. . It is a tapeworm that uses humans (Homo sapiens) as its definitive host and pigs (family Suidae) as the intermediate or secondary hos
Friedrich Küchenmeister showed that the consumption of cysticercus from pork caused human intestinal taeniasis by feeding a prisoner food that included cysticerci gathered from a recently killed pig. [59] [62] In the second part of the 19th century, research showed that feeding Taenia eggs from infected humans to pigs caused cysticercosis. [59 ...
The reputation of pork depends upon the life of the pig. In early medieval Europe, when most pigs foraged in the woods, pork was the preferred meat of the nobility. By 1300 most forests had been ...