it lives in mammals such as pigs,rats,and humans etc.
Yes a trichina is a roundworm.
The scientific name of trichina worm is Trichinella spiralis.
Pork is the most common uncooked meat a trichina worm will infect.
Trichinosis
Trichinosis
The adult trichina lives in the intestinal lining of such meat-eating animals as swine, bears, walrus, and rodents. After mating, the male worm dies while the female goes on to produce the offspring.
a small tender nematode worm, that in larval state dwells and eats on the human body
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Trichina or Trichinella is the genus of parasitic roundworms of the phylum Nematoda that cause trichinosis.
Trichina worms make homes in many types of uncooked meats. They prefer beef and chicken. You should always cook meats very thoroughly before consuming them.
Whipworm. Can be obtained in pork, or any meat eating animal (carnivorous or even omnivorous such as dogs, rats etc.) due to ingestion of insufficiently cooked meat with encapsulated larvae. Often found in pork due to the high frequency of ingestion, thus labeled as Pork-worm or Pork whipworm.