Animal well being: Trichinella found once more in wild boars in Teltow-Fläming | EUROtoday

After eight discoveries of trichinae wild boars Last yr in Brandenburg, the damaging nematode was detected once more within the Teltow-Fläming district. Trichinella have been discovered within the muscle tissues of a wild boar, the district administration stated. The animal was shot in a looking space close to Rangsdorf on the border with the Dahme-Spreewald district.

According to the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, folks can get the infectious illness trichinellosis from consuming uncooked meat containing trichinella. The notifiable illness is uncommon in Germany.

Eight out of 19 instances nationwide in Brandenburg

There have been 19 instances involving wild boars nationwide final yr – eight of them in Brandenburgten in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and one in Bavaria, stated the Teltow-Fläming district. However, no trichinae have been detected in home pigs in 2025.

Infestation can’t be seen with the bare eye

According to the district, an examination for trichinae is required for all wild and home pigs and different vulnerable animal species equivalent to horses, raccoons and foxes. “The current finding shows once again how important it is to have animal bodies examined before further processing or preparing the meat,” it stated. An infestation can’t be seen with the bare eye.

Last yr, the Teltow-Fläming district reported a trichinella infestation in a wild boar – additionally within the looking space close to Rangsdorf.

How does the illness present itself in people?

Trichinellosis in people can take a light to extreme course. At the start of the an infection, the signs embody belly ache, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Fever, muscle ache and edema within the eye space may also happen later, because the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment describes the an infection.

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