DETECTION OF Toxoplasma gondii CYSTS FROM WILD BOAR MUSCLES: DOES IT REPRESENT A RISK FOR READY TO EAT FOOD?


https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2010.1033
AIVI - June 2010 - Issue 8
Submitted: 7 February 2013
Accepted: 7 February 2013
Published: 13 June 2010
Wild boars, Toxoplasma gondii, Muscle, Histopathology, PCR
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  • P. Pinto
    lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
    Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia - Sezione di Controllo e Sicurezza degli Alimenti Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy.
  • G. Bozzo Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia - Sezione di Controllo e Sicurezza degli Alimenti Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy.
  • L Novello Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia - Sezione di Controllo e Sicurezza degli Alimenti Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy.
  • V. Terio Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia - Sezione di Controllo e Sicurezza degli Alimenti Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy.
Toxoplasma gondii infection is a parasitological antropozoonoses widely distributed in the world. Toxoplasmosis is mainly followed by serious disease in fetuses and immunocompromised people. Wild boars represent an important source for this parasite and evisceration, handling and consumption of raw or undercooked meat are important risk factors. The study confirms the presence of potentially infectious cysts in wild boars muscles, detected by histological and biomolecular methods.

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Pinto P, Bozzo G, Novello L, Terio V. DETECTION OF Toxoplasma gondii CYSTS FROM WILD BOAR MUSCLES: DOES IT REPRESENT A RISK FOR READY TO EAT FOOD?. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2010 Jun. 13 [cited 2024 Apr. 16];1(8):31-4. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2010.8.31

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