Professional paper

An overview on Aujeszky disease in wild boars

Caroline Pierre ; Ecole Nationale Vétérinarie de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Dean Konjević ; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Lorena Jemeršić ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Dragan Brnić ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Keros ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Magda Sindičić ; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Aujeszky’s disease is a viral disease caused by porcine or suid herpesvirus type 1 (Su HV1) that primarily affects domestic and wild suids. High economic losses caused by direct (mortality in piglets, reduced growth rate) and indirect damage (restriction of transport), classify Aujeszky disease among the most important diseases of pigs. Besides pigs, Aujeszky’s disease can affect various species with the exception of humans and higher primates. According to the available data, the percentage of seropositive wild boars in Europe ranges from 0.8 to nearly 55%. In the Republic of Croatia research into the wild boar population from the Moslavina region revealed 54.54% of seropositive animals. However, the clinical disease is rarely reported, including several cases in Spain. Despite the fact that presently Aujeszky’s disease represents no threat to the wild boar population, a potential risk for the spread of the virus to the domestic swine population or the potential danger for hunting dogs and threatened predators that prey upon wild boars cannot be neglected.

Keywords

Aujeszky’s disease; Su HV1; wild boar

Hrčak ID:

231469

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/231469

Publication date:

8.12.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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