kos is right about cysts of nematodes in the joints, but I don't think they can infect humans. As a uni-student with a young family in the late-70s/ early-80s, I never visited a butcher-shop for 2 years, 'living by the gun' as it were. We preferred agile wallaby, and wallaroo from the granite ranges inland from Townsville. When the greys came down onto the coastal plain in times of drought, they were heavily infected with nematodes and a bit onerous to butcher.

After butchering, we simply tossed everything into the deep-freezer for 2 weeks prior to cooking: no worries.

If the total picture was as bad as kos makes out, the HC industry could hardly survive and flourish as it does.