Naslov
Trichinella pseudospiralis in pig from Croatia

Autori
Beck, Relja ; Beck, Ana ; Lučinger, Snježana ; Florijančić, Tihomir ; Bošković, Ivica ; Marinculić Albert

Izvornik
Veterinary Parasitology (0304-4017) 159 (2009), 3-4; 304-307

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Trichinella pseudospiralis; pig; Croatia

Sažetak
Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella britovi are species that are frequently found in domestic pigs and various sylvatic animals in Croatia. During routine trichinoscopy, nonencapsulated larvae were detected in the muscle tissue of a domestic pig. Artificial digestion revealed a larvae burden of 602 muscle larvae per gram of tissue. Tissue section analysis confirmed the presence of non-encapsulated larvae. Multiplex PCR identified the larvae as T. pseudospiralis. This observation is consistent with the reports of a local veterinary inspector who described the presence of non-encapsulated Trichinella in four individual cases over the last 2 years. This is the first report of T. pseudospiralis in Croatia and one of very few cases of T. pseudospiralis infection described in domestic pigs. The detection of non-encapsulated larvae stresses the need for implementation of artificial digestion instead of trichinoscopy for the detection and identification of Trichinella infections.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Veterinarska medicina

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