Seroprevalence Of Trichinella Spiralis Antibody In Pigs In Umuahia:- Ogbu, Faithfulness C

ABSTRACT x raw or MATERIALS AND METHODS: The sampled pigs INTRODUCTION: Trichinellosis is an important nematode zoonosis and occurs due to consumption of undercooked pork infected with parasite ofthe genus trichinella. were gotten from different farming system. The method used was colloidal gold Immuno chromatrographic method. RESULTS: Of all the sampled pigs, none were positive fbr trichinella spiralis. DISCUSSION: The reason fbr the negativity result is not quite clear. It is possible that the pigs sampled were actually free of trichinella infection. The concept of false negativity is another possibility because there is an obvious window period between trichinella infection and antibody positivity