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Acta vet. scand. 2002, 43, 203-210. Persistence of Trichinella spiralis in Rat Carcasses Experimentally Mixed in Different Feed 1,3 1 2 1 2 1 By L. Oivanen , T. Mikkonen , L. Haltia , H. Karhula , H. Saloniemi and A. Sukura 1Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, and 2Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veteri- nary Medicine, University of Helsinki, and 3National Veterinary and Food Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland. Oivanen L, Mikkonen T, Haltia L, Karhula H, Saloniemi H, Sukura A: Persistence of Trichinella spiralis in rat carcasses experimentally mixed in different feed. Acta vet. scand. 2002, 43, 203-210. – Trichinella spiralis infected rat carcasses were incu- bated for 6 weeks in several animal feeds to assess how long Trichinella can present a risk for an outbreak in contaminated feeds. In groups of 6, 24 infected target rats were placed in silage, grained barley, propionic acid-preserved feed, and also into simulated pasture conditions. Test environments were sampled after one-, 2-, 4-, and 6-week-in- cubations. Trichinella larvae were recovered by digestion, and their infectivity was eval- uated in rats. A two-week incubation reduced the number of recovered larvae, but still after 6 weeks low numbers were isolated from all feeds except from the experimental group simulating pasture conditions. After 2 weeks storage, the larvae were infective in all storage environments. However, up to 4 weeks, they survived only in the propionic acid-fermented feed and there in small numbers with reduced reproductive capability. This indicates the possibility of farm animals to get infection from rats or other infecte