Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella pseudospiralis mixed infection in a wild boar (Sus scrofa) of Germany

Vet Parasitol. 2006 Apr 30;137(3-4):364-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.01.031. Epub 2006 Mar 2.

Abstract

A wild boar (Sus scrofa) from the island Usedom in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (north-east Germany) was detected as Trichinella-positive during routine meat inspection. Encapsulated and non-encapsulated larvae were detected in the muscle tissue by trichinoscopy. In the diaphragm, 922 larvae per g were detected by artificial digestion. Muscle larvae displayed two different sizes of about 700 and 1100 microm. By a multiplex PCR analysis, larvae with a large size were identified as Trichinella spiralis, whereas those of a smaller size were identified as Trichinella pseudospiralis. This is the first finding of a mixed infection of T. spiralis and T. pseudospiralis in a naturally infected animal and it supports the tendency of more frequent detection of the non-encapsulated species T. pseudospiralis in Europe.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abattoirs
  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild / parasitology
  • Female
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Sus scrofa*
  • Swine Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Trichinella / isolation & purification*
  • Trichinella spiralis / isolation & purification*
  • Trichinellosis / epidemiology
  • Trichinellosis / veterinary*