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Trichinellosis in wild boar in Croatia (2010-2014)

Wild boar hunting is a quite widespread activity throughout Croatia. At the same time, insufficiently thermally processed wild boar meat has been recorded in Europe as a source of trichinellosis in humans. Despite some sporadic cases and epidemics of human trichinellosis have been speculated by media to have originated from infected wild boar meat, no case of human trichinellosis caused by wild boar meat consumption has ever been published or expertly proven in Croatia. The aim of this work was to obtain data about the prevalence of Trichinella spp. in wild boar population, to identify the Trichinella species circulating in the Croatian territory and to estimate the potential risk of infection for humans in specific regions of Croatia on the basis of the information obtained from a five-year period of surveillance. Inspection for Trichinella of shot wild boar carcasses in Croatia is mandatory since 1989. On the basis of the official information provided to the Ministry of Agriculture – Directorate of Veterinary Services in Croatia in the 2010-2014 period 223 out of a total of 100, 744 (0, 22%) wild boar meat samples were found positive for Trichinella spp. The results have been statistically processed. Trichinella spp. infected wild boars were found in 17 out of 21 counties in which the Croatian territory is administratively divided. Nine wild boar meat samples have been submitted to the National Reference Laboratory for further examination. The intensity of infection in the muscle samples were 0.12-114.08 larvae per gram and involved Trichinella species were identified as T. spiralis, T. britovi, T. spiralis+T. britovi.

trichinellosis; wild boar; Croatia

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