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Prevention List

Prevention could include:
  • Cook Pork and Wild Animal Meat Until Well Done

Prevention Overview Articles

Trichinosis
Pork and meat from wild animals should be cooked until well done. Freezing at subzero temperatures (Fahrenheit) for 3 to 4 weeks will kill the organism. Smoking, salting, or drying meat are not reliable methods of preventing this infections.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 9, 2006
Trichinosis
Trichinosis is a disease caused by a roundworm (nematode) called Trichinella spiralis . An individual worm of this species is called a trichina, from the Greek word meaning "hairlike." Trichinae can be readily avoided by proper handling and cookin...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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