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Trichinella spiralis in New Zealand

Authors: Mason PC
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 26, Issue 8, pp 215-216, Aug 1978
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Pig, Production animal
Subject Terms: Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Muscle/myology, Disease/defect, Parasites - internal, Nematode, Zoonosis, Public health, Infectious disease
Article class: Correspondence

Abstract: Trichinella spiralis, the porkworm, has a worldwide but variable occurrence in humans and other mammals. It is rare in New Zealand but it has been found here in man, rats, pigs and cats. This communication brings together published and unpublished reports of natural Trichinella infections in New Zealand (Table 1). To the best of my knowledge, it is complete up till the end of 1977. Three cases of Trichinella in man have been recorded in New Zealand…

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