Nematodes: Trichinosis Flashcards
1
Q
What is Trichinosis?
A
a parasitic disease acquired by eating inadequately cooked infected meat
2
Q
What are the 2 causative organisms of Trichinosis?
A
- trichinella spiralis
2. other trichinella spp.
3
Q
What are the symptoms/syndrome of Trichinosis in animals?
A
subclinical
4
Q
How is Trichinosis transmitted?
A
ingestion of raw or undercooked meat containing the infective larvae
5
Q
How is Trichinosis diagnosed?
3
A
- syndrome
- serology
- muscle biopsy
6
Q
How is Trichinosis treated?
2
A
- antiparasitics
2. anti-inflammatories
7
Q
How is Trichinosis controlled?
3
A
- cook meat well or freeze it for at least 20 days before eating
- cook garbage fed to pigs
- control rodents in swine rearing operations
