Trichinella spp. in ostrich meat: a public health risk ?

In the present work the biological behaviour of T. spiralis and T. pseudospiralis in ostriches is reported. Oral infections were performed in eight ostriches with two infective doses (10,000 and 80,000 larvae) for each species of Trichinella. On day 0, 30 and 60 p.i. blood samples were collected to...

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Main Authors: Piergili Fioretti D., Moretti A., Marini C., Grelloni V., Antognoni M.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2001-06-01
Series:Parasite
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/200108s2203