Trichinosis, a disease caused by the parasitic intestinal roundworm Trichinella spiralis (trichinae), is contracted by warm-blooded mammals through ingestion of raw or undercooked meat infected by trichinae. Pork and bear meat are primary sources of...

Trichinosis, also called trichinellosis, or trichiniasis, is a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork and wild game infected with the larvae of a species of roundworm Trichinella spiralis, commonly called the trichina worm. The few...