Serum samples collected from feral and domestic swine (Sus scrofa) in Florida and feral swine in Georgia and Texas were assayed by plaque reduction for their virus neutralizing (VN) antibodies against the porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGE). None of 560 samples collected from feral swine contained VN antibodies for TGE virus, but experimentally infected feral swine seroconverted. None of 665 samples from domestic swine contained TGE-VN antibodies. These results indicate feral swine are not a significant reservoir for TGE virus in southern states, but are capable of becoming infected and developing VN antibodies against TGE.
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1 July 1990
Serologic Survey for Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Selected Feral and Domestic Swine Sera in the Southern United States
R. D. Woods,
E. C. Pirtle,
J. M. Sacks,
E. P. J. Gibbs
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 26 • No. 3
July 1990
Vol. 26 • No. 3
July 1990
antibodies
feral swine
reservoir
serosurvey
Sus scrofa
transmissible gastroenteritis virus