BRUCELLOSIS IN FERAL SWINE

BRUCELLOSIS IN FERAL SWINE

Some 255 feral hogs were serologically tested for Brucella titers at a location in the lower coastal plain of South Carolina. Eighteen percent were reactors. The organism was cultured from lymph node tissues in one 3+ years old boar and identified as Brucella suis biotype 1. Prevalence of sero-posit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of wildlife diseases 1976-10, Vol.12 (4), p.579-582
Hauptverfasser: WOOD, GENE W, HENDRICKS, JOSEPH B, GOODMAN, D. EARL
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Age Factors
Animals
Animals, Wild - microbiology
Antibodies, Bacterial - blood
Brucellosis - epidemiology
Brucellosis - veterinary
Female
Male
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Sex Factors
South Carolina - epidemiology
Swine
Swine Diseases - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Some 255 feral hogs were serologically tested for Brucella titers at a location in the lower coastal plain of South Carolina. Eighteen percent were reactors. The organism was cultured from lymph node tissues in one 3+ years old boar and identified as Brucella suis biotype 1. Prevalence of sero-positive animals increased with age. There were no important differences between sexes.
ISSN:0090-3558
1943-3700
DOI:10.7589/0090-3558-12.4.579