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There is paucity of information in the metabolic responses of hosts during <jats:italic>Trichinella<\/jats:italic> infections and biomarkers for infection that can be used in the diagnosis of the disease. The current study aimed to apply a non-targeted metabolomic approach to identify <jats:italic>Trichinella zimbabwensis<\/jats:italic> biomarkers including metabolic response from sera of infected Sprague-Dawley rats. Fifty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned into <jats:italic>T. zimbabwensis<\/jats:italic> infected group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 36) and the non-infected control (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 18). Results from the study showed that the metabolic signature of <jats:italic>T. zimbabwensis<\/jats:italic> infection consists of enriched methyl histidine metabolism, disturbance of the liver urea cycle, impeded TCA cycle, and upregulation of gluconeogenesis metabolism. The observed disturbance in the metabolic pathways was attributed to the effects caused by the parasite during its migration to the muscles resulting in downregulation of amino acids intermediates in the Trichinella-infected animals, and therefore affecting energy production and degradation of biomolecules. It was concluded that <jats:italic>T. zimbabwensis<\/jats:italic> infection caused an upregulation of amino acids; pipecolic acid, histidine, and urea, and upregulation of glucose and meso-Erythritol. Moreover, <jats:italic>T. zimbabwensis<\/jats:italic> infection caused upregulation of the fatty acids, retinoic acid, and acetic acid. 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