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    Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    How many of you freeze your bear meat right away to "kill" trichnosis? Wouldn't cooking it kill it right away as well? Twice I haven't even bothered freezing it had it made it into pepperoni...what are the real world likely hood if getting trichnosis from a bear?

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    Re: Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    To my knowledge, freezing does not kill trich in bears. See e.g. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/syc-20378583

    REal world likelyhood in BC is about 1 in 3 (1 in 3 bears has trich, that is about a year old and I can't find the source now) if you undercook the meat, and pretty much 0 if you cook it properly!

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    Re: Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    Hunted, cut and wrapped many a bear in my shop. To my knowledge NONE have had trick, we cut when time permits. Clear wrap then butcher paper. It's the cooking that kills the bug not the cold. As with all meat, keep it clean cook it right and enjoy!!
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    Re: Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    Cook it properly and you need not be concerned.

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    Re: Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    Was a time that it was either freeze for a certain length of time or cook to proper temperature ,seems it has changed .
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    Re: Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    Found it. The number I posted above/remembered was for grizzlies, black bears are around 12%: http://www.bccdc.ca/Documents/Trichi...erinarians.pdf

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    Re: Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    Freezing doesn’t kill the trich that’s in bears, it’s not the same kind as what is/was in pork.

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    Re: Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    Freezing would normally kill trich in pigs, but not bears. At least with a home freezer.

    Interestingly - trich has pretty much been eradicated in most pork these days.
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    Re: Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    This is true,worked in the industry !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gateholio View Post
    Freezing would normally kill trich in pigs, but not bears. At least with a home freezer.

    Interestingly - trich has pretty much been eradicated in most pork these days.
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    Re: Bear meat! You freeze right away or no?

    As mentioned by most above, freezing doesn’t kill bear trich.

    Larvae are relatively small compared to other worms found in bear meat. Don’t rely on not seeing them in bear meat to determine that your bear doesn’t carry trich.

    The older the bear the higher odds of it carrying trich because once it gets it, it has it for life.

    Only safe way to eat bear meat is to assume that every bear carries it.

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