Serum samples from 427 hunter-killed wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Slovenia were tested for antibodies to Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV). Samples were collected throughout Slovenia and corresponded to 6.2% of the total harvest. Antibodies against ADV were detected in 111 sera (26%) using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Antibody prevalence increased significantly with age. This report describes the first evidence of ADV infection in wild boar populations in Slovenia.
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1 October 2005
Presence of Antibodies Against Aujeszky's Disease Virus in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Slovenia
Gorazd Vengust,
Zdravko Valencak,
Andrej Bidovec
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 41 • No. 4
October 2005
Vol. 41 • No. 4
October 2005
antibodies
Aujeszky's disease
pseudorabies virus
Slovenia
Sus scrofa
wild boar