| first reports of trichinella pseudospiralis in wild boars (sus scrofa) of italy. | trichinella pseudospiralis is a non-encapsulated species infecting both mammals and birds. in italy, this parasite was reported only in two night-birds of prey of central italy. in january 2010, trichinella larvae were detected in three wild boars (sus scrofa) of two regions of northern italy by enzymatic digestion. the parasites were identified as t. pseudospiralis by multiplex-pcr. the first infected wild boar was hunted in the emilia romagna region and the other two infected wild boars were b ... | 2011 | 21296503 |