Cooking pork and wild game to an internal temperature of 77oC is recommended to avoid:
A) Bacilary dysentery
B) Botulism
C) Listeriosis
D) Scombrotoxin poisoning
E) Trichinosis

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Cooking pork and wild game to an internal temperature of 77°C is recommended primarily to kill Trichinella spiralis larvae, which cause trichinosis, a parasitic disease. The other options listed are caused by different pathogens or toxins that are not specifically associated with undercooked pork or wild game.

Cooking Pork and Wild Game to an Internal Temperature of 77oC