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Approaches in Poultry, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences

Trichinellosis: The World Wide Food Originated Zoonotic Disease

Submission: August 12, 2017;Published: November 14, 2017

DOI: 10.31031/APDV.2017.01.000525

ISSN: 2576-9162
Volume1 Issue5

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Infection of Trichinella spp. parasite is known as Trichinosis or Trichiniasis. Throughout much of the world, Trichinella spp. have been found to be the causative agents of human trichinellosis, a disease that not only is a public health hazard by affecting human patients but also represents an economic problem in porcine animal production and food safety. Infection by Trichinella spp. has been reported in domestic and wild animals in all the continents, including Antarctica. This parasite builds its own home in the infected muscles by secreting the proteins. The home is a capsule which is composed of a collagenous wall and cellular components [1].

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