Trichinosis
Prevention
Prevention of trichinosis is relatively simple. Swine should be fed only grain or cooked garbage; uncooked garbage may contain contaminated pork scraps. Meats of animals prone to trichinosis infection should be cooked thoroughly, so that no pink is present. Freezing at an adequately low temperature 5°F (-15°C) for one week or 0°F (-18°C) for three weeks can kill most encysted larvae, except those species which infect arctic mammals such as walrus or bear.
See also Roundworms.
Resources
Books
Andreoli, Thomas E., et al. Cecil Essentials of Medicine. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1993.
Berkow, Robert, and Andrew J. Fletcher. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. Rahway, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 1992.
Cormican, M.G., and M. A. Pfaller. "Molecular Pathology of Infectious Diseases." In Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 20th ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 2001.
Francis, Frederick. Wiley Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology. New York: Wiley, 1999.
Isselbacher, Kurt J., et al. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. New York: McGraw Hill, 1994.
Kobayashi, G., Patrick R. Murray, Ken Rosenthal, and Michael Pfaller. Medical Microbiology. St. Louis: Mosby, 2003.
Mandell, Douglas et al. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. New York: Churchill Livingstone Inc., 1995.
Periodicals
Hwang, Deng Fwu. "Tetrodotoxin In Gastropods (Snails) Implicated In Food Poisoning." Journal of Food Protection 65, no. 8 (2002): 1341-1344.
"Preventing Food Poisoning." Professional Nurse 18, no. 4 (2002): 185-186.
Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt
Additional topics
Science EncyclopediaScience & Philosophy: Toxicology - Toxicology In Practice to TwinsTrichinosis - Life Cycle Of Trichinella Spiralis, Trichinella Spiralis In Humans, Symptoms Of Trichinosis, Diagnosis, Treatment