Throughout recent years, ungulates have experienced significant increases in numbers and
geographic range sizes in Europe, becoming locally overabundant populations in some …

Wild boars (Sus scrofa) are indigenous in many countries in the world. These free-living
swine are known reservoirs for a number of viruses, bacteria and parasites that are …

Abstract Suid herpesvirus 1 (SuHV1, syn. Aujeszky's disease virus [ADV] or pseudorabies
virus [PrV]), which belongs to the family Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, genus …

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a major threat to European
swine production. The existence of extensive genetic variation in endemic strains and the …

There has been a worldwide increase in the number and geographical spread of wild boar
populations in recent decades leading to an increase in both the circulation of disease …

Many wild swine populations in different parts of the W orld have experienced an
unprecedented demographic explosion that may result in increased exposure of humans to …

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is considered as the causative agent of postweaning
multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in domestic pigs, where the virus is ubiquitous as …

Serum samples collected from 178 shot wild boars (Sus scrofa) were tested for the presence
of antibodies against classical swine fever virus, Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV), porcine …

We studied the seroprevalence of six reproductive pathogens in Spanish hunter-harvested
wild boar females. The sample was representative of the hunting harvest in the studied …

We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95%
confidence interval 12–25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis …