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4) Pork products must be well cooked or otherwise treated before human consumption.
4) Pork products must be well cooked or otherwise treated before human consumption.
**Particularly in pigs and dogs
**Public health and economic importance
**''T. spiralis'' affecting dogs, pigs, cats and humans is most common in hotter climates
**Larvae distend myofibres
**May be seen grossly if dead and calcified
**Predilection for active muscles, ''e.g.'' diaphragm, intercostal, masseter and tongue muscles
**Histologically:
***Focal myositis - [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]], lymphocytes, eosinophils