[Evaluation of the meat carcases assigned for consumption towards the presence of Trichinella larvae by two methods: trichinoscopy and digestion].

The main purpose of this article was to analyse the effectiveness of two methods: trichinoscopy and digestion method for control of animal trichinellosis. It was established that the using of magnetic stirrer improved the digestion of meat and shortened the digestion to 90-100 minutes. It is worthy of notice that the digestion method is three to four times more sensitive than the traditional trichinoscopy. In the years 1999-2004 Trichinella larvae were found in pork meat 6 times rarely comparing with the years 1990-1994. The introduction of digestion method resulted directly in the reduction (4 times) of the Trichinella infection in humans in the years 2000-2004 comparing with the years 1990-1994. The ELISA test appeared to be also very useful for epidemiological studies on Trichinella infection in animals and humans.