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Family infected with parasitic worms in US after eating bear meat, CDC says-Six people who ate a meal in South Dakota in 2022 with black bear meat diagnosed with trichinellosis, a parasitic zoonotic disease
Guardian ^
| 26 May 2024
| Maya Yang Sun
Posted on 05/28/2024 7:04:41 AM PDT by SJackson
Six people who shared a meal involving black bear meat kebabs have been diagnosed with trichinellosis, a parasitic zoonotic disease.
In a new report released this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that in July 2022, a 29-year old hospitalized patient with suspected trichinellosis was reported to the Minnesota health department. His symptoms included fever, severe muscle aches, periorbital edema or eye swelling, and eosinophilia or the condition of elevated levels of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell.
According to the report, a week prior to the symptoms appearing, the patient and eight other people shared a meal that included the meat of a black bear which had been frozen for 45 days before being grilled and served rare with vegetables that had been cooked with the meat.
An investigation into the incident found six trichinellosis cases, including two in people who consumed only the vegetables. Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection caused by the larvae of trichinella, a type of roundworm. Typically, meat contaminated with the trichinella larvae comes from meat-eating animals such as bears, wild boars or walruses.
Molecular testing found that larvae from the bear meat had been frozen in a household freezer for more than 15 weeks and that the larvae was trichinella nativa, a freeze-resistant species.
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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: bear; bearmeat; bearrepublic; bearsrepeating; blackbear; blackbearmeat; food; kebabs; meat; parasitic; trichinellosis; unbearable; wildlife; zoonotic
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:04:41 AM PDT
by
SJackson
To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.
Well done, not rare.
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:05:39 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them Churchill)
To: SJackson
Bear meat sushi is NOT a thing, people!
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:06:22 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: SJackson
Served rare is the key to this problem. Not hot enough to kill the larva.
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:06:56 AM PDT
by
mware
To: SJackson
“periorbital edema or eye swelling”
Yeah, worms in your eyeballs might do that.
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:09:13 AM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: mware
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:09:22 AM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
To: SJackson
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:14:30 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
To: SJackson
Man eats Bear...
Not Good.
8
posted on
05/28/2024 7:19:01 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
Maybe they should switch to BARE meat instead.....
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:21:13 AM PDT
by
deport
To: SJackson; marktwain
Bare Bear Ping!............
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:23:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Rocco DiPippo; bimboeruption; mass55th
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:25:21 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Toss a zeeper in the Dnieper)
To: Boogieman
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:26:30 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: mware
Yes, bear meat should be ‘crispy’......................
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:27:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: SJackson
Bears eat a lot of mice and other small rodents. These critters are part of the life cycle of trichinella. Once encysted, the larvae are very difficult to kill. It requires a high heat.
trichinellosis used to be a major concern with pork. Many thought it came from hogs eating food scraps. It turns out it came from hogs eating the rodents that were also feeding on the food scraps.
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:28:56 AM PDT
by
FrozenAssets
(You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps)
To: SJackson
“An investigation into the incident found six trichinellosis cases, including two in people who consumed only the vegetables.”
Huh?
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:32:46 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Climate cultists think we should go back to the good times when people starved)
To: SJackson
Soooo...does CDC now want everyone vaxxed against undercooked bear meat?
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:34:19 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Climate cultists think we should go back to the good times when people starved)
To: SJackson
Eat Kosher; you’ll live longer.
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:34:51 AM PDT
by
Torahman
(Remember the Maccabees )
To: SJackson
Food borne illness prevention 101....pork and bear is to be thoroughly cooked before consuming. Beef has a tapeworm, salmon has a dangerous parasite, fish from the Great Lakes a giant tapeworm....I don’t eat sushi.
To: SJackson
I’m sure its just a fluke.
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:41:01 AM PDT
by
SERE_DOC
( The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. TJ)
To: Torahman
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posted on
05/28/2024 7:42:21 AM PDT
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SERE_DOC
( The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. TJ)
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