Original scientific paper

Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Republic of Croatia.

Željko Cvetnić ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Silvio Špičić ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Tončić ; Institute of Forestry, Jastrebarsko, Croatia
Ivana Račić ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Duvnjak ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Maja Zdelar-Tuk ; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

During the research period (2001-2005), the lymph nodes of 123 wild boars from seven locations in the Republic of Croatia were tested for the presence of mycobacteria. Mycobacteria were isolated from the lymph nodes of 15 (12.2%) wild boars from fifi ve locations. Specific hybridization showed that 11 (8.9%) isolates belonged to M. avium, 2 (1.6%) isolates were typed as M. fortuitum, and 2 (1.6%) isolates belonged to M. gordonae. All 11 isolates belonging to M. avium sp. were tested by means of the specififi c primers P1 FR300 and P2 FR300. Product size in all isolates was 300 bp, which confirms that M. avium subsp. hominissuis was present in all of them. As in swine from intensive farming, M. avium subsp. hominissuis is a dominant mycrobacteria type in wild boar in Croatia. The results lead to the conclusion that the most important source for wild boar is an environment suitable for the development and survival of M. avium subsp. hominissuis, as confirmed in earlier research studies by other authors.

Keywords

wild boar; Mycobacterium avium subsp. Hominissuis; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

66639

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/66639

Publication date:

21.2.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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