Trichina

The base reason for this is a type of roundworm called Trichina worm, which can live in pork and causes a parasitic disease in humans called Trichinosis.

Medium-rare pork 2006

The base reason for this is a type of roundworm called Trichina worm, which can live in pork and causes a parasitic disease in humans called Trichinosis.

Augieland: 2006

“Trichinosis” is caused by the “Trichina”, a worm found in raw or incompletely cooked pork.

A Close Look at Parasitic Diseases 2008

Trichinosis Trichinosis is a disease caused by infection with the cysts of a small parasitic worm, Trichina spiralis.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Trichinosis Trichinosis is a disease caused by infection with the cysts of a small parasitic worm, Trichina spiralis.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Guinea worm, Trichina (pork), and others, pointing to disease caused.

Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Robert Falcon Scott 1890

The good news is that you can and should take Frank’s advice to heart, but you will be much safer if you know two things: medium-rare means that the meat maintained an internal temperature of 145° for five minutes, and that the larvae of Trichina worms die at 144°.

Medium-rare pork 2006

The good news is that you can and should take Frank’s advice to heart, but you will be much safer if you know two things: medium-rare means that the meat maintained an internal temperature of 145° for five minutes, and that the larvae of Trichina worms die at 144°.

Augieland: 2006

3 -- _Trichina spiralis_ encysted in muscle of a pig.

Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane