Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 52 No. 1, 2021.
Original scientific paper
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
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Department Vinkovci, Vinkovci, Croatia
Marija Agičić
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Department Vinkovci, Vinkovci, Croatia
Mario Mitak
; Croatian Veterianary Institute Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Barić
; State Inspector’s Office of Republic of Croatia, District Office Osijek-Vinkovci, Croatia
Nikola Antolović
; State Inspector’s Office of Republic of Croatia, District Office Osijek-Našice, Croatia
Željka Bosnić
; State Inspector’s Office of Republic of Croatia, District Office Osijek-Vukovar, Croatia
Marijan Gelo
; State Inspector’s Office of Republic of Croatia, District Office Osijek-Vukovar, Croatia
Mario Škrivanko
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Department Vinkovci, Vinkovci, Croatia
Abstract
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.
Keywords
trichinellosis; domestic pig; Croatia; Europe
Hrčak ID:
241118
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Publication date:
25.11.2020.
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