Authors: Peng Jiang Xi Zhang Li Ang Wang Lu Hong Han Mei Yang Jiang Yang Duan Ge Ge Sun Xin Qi Ruo Dan Liu Zhong Quan Wang Jing Cui
Publish Date: 2016/09/07
Volume: 115, Issue: 12, Pages: 4707-4709
Abstract
The aim of this work was to investigate the current situation of Trichinella infection from domestic pigs in the historical endemic areas of Henan province central China A total of 823 diaphragm samples from the indoorraised pigs were collected in five cities of Henan during 2014–2015 and examined by artificial digestion method The overall prevalence of Trichinella infection in pigs was 061 5/823 Trichinella larvae were detected in 091 5/550 of pigs from Nanyang city of Henan The larval burden in infected animals was 003 larvae per gram lpg of muscles with a range from 002 to 005 lpg The larvae were identified as Trichinella spiralis by multiple PCR Our study confirms the existence of swine trichinellosis in Henan but the infection level was under the minimum level for defining infectious sources for humans However the prevalence of swine Trichinella infection in Henan need to be further evaluated with a large scale of pork samples for ensuring meat food safety
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