Some 255 feral hogs were serologically tested for Brucella titers at a location in the lower coastal plain of South Carolina. Eighteen percent were reactors. The organism was cultured from lymph node tissues in one 3 years old boar and identified as Brucella suis biotype 1. Prevalence of sero-positive animals increased with age. There were no important differences between sexes.
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1 October 1976
BRUCELLOSIS IN FERAL SWINE
GENE W. WOOD,
JOSEPH B. HENDRICKS,
D. EARL GOODMAN