Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 53 No. 5, 2022.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.53.5.10
Review of cases of swine brucellosis in Istria during 2018 and 2019
Maja Zdelar-Tuk
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Silvio Špičić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8317-5831
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Duvnjak
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Irena Reil
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Gordan Kompes
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Boris Habrun
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Slobodan Mudrić
; Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, Uprava za veterinarstvo i sigurnost hrane, Odjel - Veterinarski ured Pula, Ispostava Poreč
Sažetak
Swine brucellosis has been considered an endemic disease in Croatia for two decades, especially in continental areas characterized by pig production, both intensive and extensive. Furthermore, cases of the disease are regularly reported throughout Central and Western Europe. During 2018 and 2019, swine brucellosis caused by the species B. suis bv. 2 was confirmed on two pig farms located in northwestern Istria, as the cause of pig abortion and during controls of neighbouring herds. Diagnosis of the disease was performed by serological tests, Brucella skin intradermal test, bacteriological and molecular tests. To our knowledge, this is the first described case of brucellosis in domestic pigs in a coastal Croatian county and proof of the need for mandatory control of this disease in cases of abortion. Since no herds carry the official status of being free of swine brucellosis in the Republic of Croatia, from the safety perspective, breeders should introduce prior control of the animal and its breeding origin, and seek guarantees for this disease. Furthermore, considering the growing popularity of extensive methods of pig breeding, disease monitoring in wild animals would determine the risks and importance of transmission to domestic pigs in certain Croatian regions.
Ključne riječi
Brucella suis; brucellosis; swine; Istria; epidemiology
Hrčak ID:
268223
URI
Datum izdavanja:
20.12.2021.
Posjeta: 687 *