Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 52 No. 1, 2021.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.52.1.2
Trichinellosis of domestic pigs in Croatia (2011-2018) and the current situation in other European countries
Davor Balić
orcid.org/0000-0002-7515-0092
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Veterinarski zavod Vinkovci, Hrvatska
Marija Agičić
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Veterinarski zavod Vinkovci, Hrvatska
Mario Mitak
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut Zagreb, Hrvatska
Josip Barić
; Državni inspektorat Republike Hrvatske, Područni ured Osijek-Ispostava Vinkovci, Hrvatska
Nikola Antolović
; Državni inspektorat Republike Hrvatske, Područni ured Osijek-Ispostava Našice, Hrvatska
Željka Bosnić
; Državni inspektorat Republike Hrvatske, Područni ured Osijek-Ispostava Vukovar Hrvatska
Marijan Gelo
; Državni inspektorat Republike Hrvatske, Područni ured Osijek-Ispostava Vukovar, Hrvatska
Mario Škrivanko
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Veterinarski zavod Vinkovci, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The infection of domestic pigs with Trichinella spp. was one of the most important veterinary public health issues in Croatia. At the end of the last and the beginning of this century, human trichinellosis was evaluated as a disease of public health importance. Whereas the source of trichinellosis in other countries of Europe and elsewhere was both pork and other types of meat, in Croatia, only pork and pork meat products were official sources of trichinellosis until 2017. From the mid-1990s to 2017, the veterinary profession managed to reduce the number of infected pigs to a single digit by systematic measures to detect and remove positive pigs and prevent infection. However, in 2018 we recorded altogether 194 positive pigs and the majority of them were registered in mid summer in two large epizootic outbreaks in eastern Croatia. Such a high and unexpected number exceeded the total number of positive carcasses in Croatia for the previous seven years. Another unexpected discovery was that the outbreak with the largest number of positive pigs occurred on a farm where pigs are fattened in intensive fattening, an occurrence not reported for many years in Croatia, or in most other EU countries. The objective of this study was to describe the cases of infections of pigs with Trichinella spp. in Croatia in 2018, with special emphasis on the two major epizootic outbreaks. Data for 2018 were also compared with the 2011-2017 data for Croatia, and the present data on Trichinella spp. positive pigs in other European countries.
Ključne riječi
trichinellosis; domestic pig; Croatia; Europe
Hrčak ID:
241118
URI
Datum izdavanja:
25.11.2020.
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