Artificial digestion detects T. spiralis larvae in pork

This study evaluates artificial digestion—currently the gold standard—against a novel microfluidic method for detecting Trichinella spiralis larvae in pork. Ten Trichinella-positive pig samples were tested using both methods. While artificial digestion detected higher larval counts (up to 500), the microfluidic method showed variable results, with some samples underestimating counts. The method was developed by the Bionics Biomicrofluidics Lab, Budapest, Hungary, and supported by the EU Horizon 2020 PPLOW project (grant agreement N°816172). Microscopic validation confirms detection accuracy of the gold standard.