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From: scotth@hercules.UUCP (Scott Herzinger)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Parasites in raw meat
Message-ID: <201@hercules.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 18-May-84 00:18:34 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 18 00:18:34 1984
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Memory doesn't serve me well enough to fill in the details, but
uncooked chicken has a "feature" that doesn't appear in raw beef, pork,
etc..  There is something in the uncooked flesh that tends to cause
severe gastrointestinal upset.  Whatever it is, it's destroyed by the
heat while cooking.

I've had a couple of bad episodes with insufficiently cooked chicken to
the extent that not only do I overcook my chicken, I find it hard to
trust others to cook it enough.

On the fish side of this topic, most salmon carry flukes that are
usually harmless to humans, but are toxic to dogs.  DO NOT feed your
dog raw salmon, and if you fish, be careful that your dog doesn't get a
hold of a fish.  Salmon flukes are very toxic to canines.  The local
Emergency Veterinary Clinic sees a lot of cases in the summer of salmon
fluke poisoning.  It's not pretty; the dog convulses in uncontrollable
seizures...  And the survival rate is not good.  Chances are grim
unless the pet is treated quickly.

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