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What is a trichina?

What is a trichina? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus Trichinella, that infect the intestines and cause trichinosis.
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Pig meat or horse meat used for minced meat production must have been obtained in accordance with the requirements regarding trichina examination.
The trichina capsules commonly measure about one-fifth of a line long, and the coiled worm within is scarcely a half-line long.
If trichina treatment is performed, all applicable controls must also be registered in a log book.
In an allied family and genus is placed one of the most dangerous of human parasites, the trichina spiralis.
The pork worm or trichina, however, is a parasite which may cause serious injury.
The trichina is a nematode worm, and not an insect, as it was at first called.

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