PREVALENCE OF PSEUDORABIES (AUJESZKY'S DISEASE) VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN FERAL SWINE IN FLORIDA

M. L. van der Leek; H. N. Becker; E. C. Pirtle; P. Humphrey; C. L. Adams; B. P. All; G. A. Erickson; R. C. Belden; W. B. Frankenberger; E. P. J. Gibbs

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-29.3.403

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1 July 1993 PREVALENCE OF PSEUDORABIES (AUJESZKY'S DISEASE) VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN FERAL SWINE IN FLORIDA

M. L. van der Leek, H. N. Becker, E. C. Pirtle, P. Humphrey, C. L. Adams, B. P. All, G. A. Erickson, R. C. Belden, W. B. Frankenberger, E. P. J. Gibbs

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 29(3):403-409 (1993). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.3.403

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Serum samples collected from feral swine (Sus scrofa) throughout Florida (USA) from 1980 to 1989 were tested for antibodies to pseudorabies virus (PRV) by the serum neutralization test, the latex agglutination test, or by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Seropositive swine were detected at 11 of 13 sites with a composite seroprevalence of 34.8% (579 of 1,662 samples; range =5.9% to 58.2%) for sites with seropositive swine. Data on age and sex of the swine were available from three sites. Seroprevalence in males and females did not differ significantly (P = 0.62 for the combined data). Seroprevalence in adult (≥8 mo) and juvenile swine (<8 mo) was significantly different at all sites (P < 0.05 for the combined data). From these data, PRV infections appear to occur widely in populations of Florida feral swine and may seriously undermine efforts to eradicate this virus from the domestic swine population of the USA.

van der Leek, Becker, Pirtle, Humphrey, Adams, All, Erickson, Belden, Frankenberger, and Gibbs: PREVALENCE OF PSEUDORABIES (AUJESZKY'S DISEASE) VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN FERAL SWINE IN FLORIDA

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M. L. van der Leek, H. N. Becker, E. C. Pirtle, P. Humphrey, C. L. Adams, B. P. All, G. A. Erickson, R. C. Belden, W. B. Frankenberger, and E. P. J. Gibbs "PREVALENCE OF PSEUDORABIES (AUJESZKY'S DISEASE) VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN FERAL SWINE IN FLORIDA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29(3), 403-409, (1 July 1993). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.3.403

Received: 23 May 1991; Published: 1 July 1993

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