Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.53.5.10

Review of cases of swine brucellosis in Istria during 2018 and 2019

Maja Zdelar-Tuk ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Silvio Špičić orcid.org/0000-0001-8317-5831 ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Duvnjak ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Irena Reil ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Gordan Kompes ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Boris Habrun ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Slobodan Mudrić ; Ministry of Agriculture, Croatia

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Brucella suis; brucellosis; swine; Istria; epidemiology

Hrčak ID:

268223

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/268223

Publication date:

20.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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