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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 41(4), 2005, pp. 800-802
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Presence of Antibodies Against Aujeszky’s Disease Virus in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Slovenia

Gorazd Vengust1,3, Zdravko Valencak2 and Andrej Bidovec1

1 Institute for Breeding and Health Care of Wild Animals, Fishes and Bees, University of Ljubljana, Veterinary Faculty, Gerbiceva 60, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 Institute for Health Care of Pigs, University of Ljubljana, Veterinary Faculty, Gerbiceva 60, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3 Corresponding author (email: gorazd.vengust{at}vf.uni-lj.si)

ABSTRACT:   Serum samples from 427 hunter-killed wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Slovenia were tested for antibodies to Aujeszky’s disease virus (ADV). Samples were collected throughout Slovenia and corresponded to 6.2% of the total harvest. Antibodies against ADV were detected in 111 sera (26%) using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Antibody prevalence increased significantly with age. This report describes the first evidence of ADV infection in wild boar populations in Slovenia.
  Key words:  Antibodies, Aujeszky’s disease, pseudorabies virus, Slovenia, Sus scrofa, wild boar.




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