Serum samples were collected from wild boars (Sus scrofa) harvested during the 2005–2006 hunting season in Campania, southern Italy. Samples were tested for antibodies to Leptospira interrogan, Brucella spp., Salmonella spp., Aujeszky disease virus (ADV), porcine reproductive and respiratory stress syndrome virus (PRRSV), porcine parvovirus (PPV), classical swine fever virus (CSFV), and swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV). Of the 342 serum samples tested, 15 (4.4%) were seropositive to Brucella spp., nine (2.6%) were seropositive to L. interrogans, 66 (19.3%) were seropositive for Salmonella spp., 105 (30.7%) were seropositive for ADV, 27 (7.9%) were seropositive for PPV, and 129 (37.7%) were seropositive for PRRSV. All sera tested seronegative for SVDV and CSFV antibodies. These results, recorded for the first time in Campania, support the hypothesis that wild boar are reservoirs of certain infectious agents, but some infections in wild boars originate from their domestic counterparts.
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January 01 2010
Prevalence of Antibodies to Selected Viral and Bacterial Pathogens in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Campania Region, Italy
Serena Montagnaro;
Serena Montagnaro
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1 Department of Pathology and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II,'' Via Delpino n°1, 80137, Naples, Italy
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Simona Sasso;
Simona Sasso
1 Department of Pathology and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II,'' Via Delpino n°1, 80137, Naples, Italy
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Luisa De Martino;
Luisa De Martino
1 Department of Pathology and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II,'' Via Delpino n°1, 80137, Naples, Italy
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Mariangela Longo;
Mariangela Longo
1 Department of Pathology and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II,'' Via Delpino n°1, 80137, Naples, Italy
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Valentina Iovane;
Valentina Iovane
1 Department of Pathology and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II,'' Via Delpino n°1, 80137, Naples, Italy
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Gianbenedetto Ghiurmino;
Gianbenedetto Ghiurmino
1 Department of Pathology and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II,'' Via Delpino n°1, 80137, Naples, Italy
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Giuseppe Pisanelli;
Giuseppe Pisanelli
1 Department of Pathology and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II,'' Via Delpino n°1, 80137, Naples, Italy
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Donatella Nava;
Donatella Nava
2 Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Southern Italy, 80055, Portici, Naples, Italy
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Loredana Baldi;
Loredana Baldi
2 Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Southern Italy, 80055, Portici, Naples, Italy
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Ugo Pagnini
Ugo Pagnini
1 Department of Pathology and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II,'' Via Delpino n°1, 80137, Naples, Italy
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J Wildl Dis (2010) 46 (1): 316–319.
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Serena Montagnaro, Simona Sasso, Luisa De Martino, Mariangela Longo, Valentina Iovane, Gianbenedetto Ghiurmino, Giuseppe Pisanelli, Donatella Nava, Loredana Baldi, Ugo Pagnini; Prevalence of Antibodies to Selected Viral and Bacterial Pathogens in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Campania Region, Italy. J Wildl Dis 1 January 2010; 46 (1): 316–319. doi: https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.316
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