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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.

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