Feral pig meat transmits rare bacteria

arstechnica.com

178 points by abawany a month ago


larusso - a month ago

It’s somewhat scary that it still can take years to find the route cause for these kinds of infections. Two years back I had a month stretch in stomach pains. The worst I ever had. I had this on and off for 2-4 years. Happened once a year and was gone. I went to multiple doctors and did bloodtests etc. I then had a Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy. They want some scared tissue in my duodenum. Reason was some bacteria or fungi which they where then able to test for. Wich is funny because they did all kinds of bloodtests before … Long story short, I received a special antibiotic and everything was fine. My theory was that I eat something problematic while being in Egypt around 2018.

kragen - a month ago

The clickbait headline should be replaced by one that somewhere mentions the word "brucellosis", because that's what he had. We aren't talking about exotica like meningococcemia, ehrlichiosis, or meloidosis here.

kazinator - a month ago

> Though he couldn’t recall the specific hunter who gave him the biohazardous bounty, he remembered handling the raw meat and blood with his bare hands—a clear transmission risk—before cooking and eating it.

Well, of course he could perfectly recall, but he's not going to rat out his friend.

a3w - a month ago

Was the 'a zombie outbreak game making-of-video' placed in the middle of this article on purpose, or by automatic CMS?

jdthedisciple - a month ago

This should help everyone understand a little better the origins - or perhaps wisdoms - of the pork taboo which was discussed here recently [0]:

Pigs are simply a potpourri of all sorts of bacteria that you don't want in you.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43410885

taosx - a month ago

I ate a lot of such boar meat last year in Greece, it instantly became my favorite due to the hardness and taste but based on this I may avoid it for the foreseeable future.

throwanem - a month ago

I knew this man the instant they said he's in his seventies and still taking boar. Who knew Uncle Bram was still kickin' around after all these years?

rvba - a month ago

> an extremely infectious bacteria

> In the US, there are only about 80 to 140 brucellosis cases reported each year, and they're mostly caused by B. melitensis and B. abortus

The article doesnt seem to be consistent...

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ethagknight - a month ago

Not to be that guy, but the pork and beef industries are well known for fearmongering around any alternative source of product, be it from Mexico, Latin America, or in this case wild boar that are literally breeding like rabbits and running amok across Texas and other parts of the American south. Unregulated competition is a big problem for the industry.

When I read an article like this, I sort of roll my eyes, cook your meat properly, enough with the scare tactics!

Maybe to put it another way, why is this article being written? Just a nerdy interesting issue with targeted appeal that has arisen? Slow news day? More likely a campaign of some sort for some reason but someone wants to squash.

blackeyeblitzar - a month ago

Interestingly, on the front page right now is a discussion titled "The Origin of the Pork Taboo"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43410885

black_13 - a month ago

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ajayasimha - a month ago

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DrNosferatu - a month ago

How could he afford all this medical care?