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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44(3), 2008, pp. 777-780
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Antibodies to Selected Viral Disease Agents in Wild Boars from the Czech Republic

 Kamil Sedlak1, Eva Bartova2,3 and Jirina Machova1

1 Department of Virology and Serology, State Veterinary Institute Prague, Sidlistni 136/24, 165 03 Prague 6, Czech Republic
2 Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho 1/3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Corresponding author (email: bartovae{at}vfu.cz)

ABSTRACT:   Blood samples were collected from wild boar (Sus scrofa) shot during the hunting season from 1999 to 2005 in the Czech Republic. Sera were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the presence of antibodies against classical swine fever virus (CSFV), swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV), Aujeszky’s disease virus (ADV), and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV). Indirect fluorescence antibody test was used for detection of antibodies against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) and transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV). Antibodies against ADV, BVDV, PCV-2, and TGEV were detected in 30% (101 of 338), 1% (2 of 352), 43% (57 of 134), and 1% (1 of 134) of wild boars, respectively. Sera of 6,471 and 362 tested wild boars were negative for the presence of antibodies against CSFV and SVDV, respectively. This is the first survey of TGEV antibodies in wild boars and the first serologic survey of viral diseases in wild boars in the Czech Republic. Wild boars in the Czech Republic may act as a potential reservoir of ADV and thus have a role in the epidemiology of this disease.
  Key words:  Bovine viral diarrhea, classical swine fever, postweaning, pseudorabies, Sus scrofa, swine vesicular disease, transmissible gastroenteritis, wasting syndrome, wild boar.






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