SREL Reprint #3152

Prevalence of Antibodies to Selected Disease Agents in an Insular Population of Feral Swine

D. Bart Carter1, Kyle K. Henderson2, I. Lehr Brisbin, Jr.3, Clarence Bagshaw4, and Michael Sturek5

1Animal Resource Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,
5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas Texas 75390-9037
2Cardiovascular Institute, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153
3Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, P.O. Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802
4Edgefield Veterinary Clinic, Edgefield, South Carolina 29824
5Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine,
635 Barnhill Drive, MS 385, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120

Abstract: Free-ranging populations of feral swine (Sus scrofa) may serve as reservoirs for various porcine diseases and represent a potential for disease transmission to domestic herds. As a result, a number of surveys have been conducted in a variety of feral populations. We report here the prevalence of serum titers to brucellosis, PRV, VSV-IN and VSV-NJ, Mycoplasmosis, PRRS virus, TGE virus, SIV serotypes H1N1 and H3N2, PPV, and Leptospirosis in a population of feral swine which has been relatively isolated from immigration due to its location on a coastal barrier island (Ossabaw Island, Georgia, USA (31°46'N, 81°05'W).

SREL Reprint #3152

Carter, D. B., K. K. Henderson, Brisbin, Jr., I.L., C. Bagshaw, and M. S. Sturek. 2009. Prevalence of Antibodies to Selected Disease Agents in an Insular Population of Feral Swine. pp. 379-386 In: J. J. Mayer and I.L. Brisbin, Jr. (Eds.). Wild Pigs: Biology, Damage, Control Techniques and Management - SRNL-RP-2009-00869. Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC.

This information was provided by the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (srel.uga.edu).