Trichinella examination

Wild boar, domestic pigs, solipeds, badgers and other carnivorous animals that may be carriers of Trichinella must be tested for Trichinella after slaughter or after being killed by a hunter.

The Trichinella sample can be taken in two ways:

• By the official meat inspection staff of the district office; in these cases, the carcass is marked with the appropriate stamp.
• In the case of game: By the authorized hunter who has been trained and commissioned to do so in the case of wild boar that he has shot himself. A game origin tag must always be taken and the sample must be accompanied by a game origin certificate.

Game tags and game origin certificates can be requested from the Department of Veterinary Affairs and Consumer Protection.

Practice Dr. Manfred Neubacher, Gaswerkstrasse 3, 74336 Brackenheim
Tel.: 07135/3660

Return of wildlife origin certificate:
Direct return if handed in personally
Postal delivery by enclosing a stamped and addressed return envelope
Collection at the practice

Veterinary practice Am Fuchsloch, Steinbeisstr. 63, 71665 Vaihingen an der Enz
Tel.: 07042 /94240

Important: Hand in on Mondays and Thursdays by 10.00 a.m. at the latest if you want to be tested on the same day.

Return of wildlife origin certificate:
Direct return if handed in personally
Postal delivery by enclosing a stamped and addressed
return envelope
Collection at the practice

Examination center Am Wasen, delivery Veterinäramt Ludwigsburg, Hindenburgstraße 20/3, 71638 Ludwigsburg
Tel. 07141/1442031

Return of game origin certificate:
Postal delivery by the veterinary office

In addition to handing in Trichinella samples at the examination centers, it is also possible to hand in Trichinella samples at the following central drop-off points (mailboxes).

From 01.03.2023, the central drop-off points mailboxes at the Besigheim registration office, Kronenstraße 1, 74354 Besigheim and at the Veterinary Office of the Ludwigsburg District Office, Hindenburgstraße 20/3 71638 Ludwigsburg will be put into operation.

Letterbox at the Besigheim registration office
Kronenstraße 1, 74354 Besigheim

Letterbox at the Veterinary Office in Ludwigsburg
Hindenburgstraße 20/3, 71638 Ludwigsburg

Return of game origin certificate:
Postal delivery by enclosing a stamped and addressed return envelope

Samples are collectedby a courier service on Mondays and Thursdays at 08.30 am. To ensure that everything runs smoothly, we urgently ask you to observe the following points:

1. where?

Samples for testing for Trichinella can be

a) be deposited in a specially provided letterbox in the entrance area of the Besigheim vehicle registration office, Kronenstraße 1, 74354 Besigheim. This letterbox is clearly marked "ABGABE TRICHINENPROBEN".

b) Samples for testing for Trichinella can also be deposited in a specially designated letterbox at the Ludwigsburg Veterinary Office, Hindenburgstraße 20/3, 71638 Ludwigsburg. This letterbox is clearly marked "ABGABE TRICHINENPROBEN".

2. how?

The samples must be packaged and handed in hygienically. For this purpose, the samples including the game tag must be packed in a first plastic bag. This sealed bag must be packed and sealed in a second, clean bag(sealable freezer bag). The freezer bag must be placed in a letter envelope (DIN A 5) together with the fully completed game origin certificate, the envelope must be sealed and labeled with your return address and "Trichinenuntersuchungsstelle" and placed in the letterbox.

3. when?

The letterbox is not refrigerated and not insulated! It is therefore ONLY possible to post items in the letterbox on Sunday evenings (not when there is a risk of frost) by Monday morning 8.00 a.m. at the latest or on Wednesday evenings (not when there is a risk of frost) by Thursday 8.00 a.m. at the latest.

4 How will I be informed?

So that you can be informed of the results of the examination, please be sure to provide a fax number or e-mail address to which the results can be sent. An agreement on the time (e.g. "if you do not hear from us by a certain time, the animal is free") IS NOT POSSIBLE !!!! Please enter a telephone number where you can be reached on Mondays and Thursdays! You will be informed of the results of the examination by fax or email by Monday late afternoon or Thursday late afternoon at the latest. It is not possible to be informed of the result by telephone, only the written result is valid. If you do not have a fax number or e-mail address, please let us know to whom we can send the written results. The result must be communicated to you in writing!

5. when are samples NOT tested?

- Samples WITHOUT an attached game origin certificate will not be examined!

- Samples that cannot be assigned to a game origin certificate (forgotten game tag, number of the game tag not noted on the game origin certificate) will not be examined.

- Samples that cannot be examined (spoiled or frozen because they have been in the letterbox for too long) will not be examined!

- Frozen samples are not examined (not suitable for examination)

In order to create an incentive for the increased hunting of wild boar due to the threat of African swine fever, the district of Ludwigsburg will not charge a fee for the Trichinella examination of wild boar for those authorized to hunt from 01.07.2018 until further notice. The fee regulation below for an examination during normal office hours is suspended.

For Trichinella examinations that are not carried out in connection with a meat inspection (e.g. for hunted wild boar), the following fees are charged in accordance with No. 3 of the annex to § 2 of the Ludwigsburg District Office's ordinance on fees for public services for the official monitoring of products of animal origin intended for human consumption dated 05.02.2025:

• Inspection during normal office hours € 2.75 per animal
• Examination on special request outside office hours € 40.59 per animal (separate digestion fee).

If several animals, even from different fee debtors, are examined together in an extra approach, only the proportionate costs are to be borne by each fee debtor.