Detection and molecular characterization of Suid herpesvirus type 1 in Austrian wild boar and hunting dogs |
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Authors: | Steinrigl Adolf Revilla-Fernández Sandra Kolodziejek Jolanta Wodak Eveline Bagó Zoltán Nowotny Norbert Schmoll Friedrich Köfer Josef |
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Institution: | AGES Institute for Veterinary Disease Control M?dling, Robert Koch Gasse 17, A-2340 M?dling, Austria. adolf.steinrigl@ages.at |
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Abstract: | Aujeszky's disease (AD), caused by Suid herpesvirus type 1 (SuHV-1), is an economically important disease in domestic swine. Thus, rigorous control programmes have been implemented and consecutively AD in domestic swine was successfully eradicated in many countries, including Austria. However, SuHV-1 continues to thrive in wild boar populations, as indicated by high seroprevalences in a number of European countries and by occasional cases of AD in hunting dogs. For the first time, SuHV-1 was detected in Austrian wild boar and a molecular characterization of SuHV-1 isolated from wild boar and hunting dogs was performed. Results of preliminary serological analyses suggest a regional SuHV-1 seroprevalence of over 30% in free-living and almost 70% in fenced wild boar from Eastern Austria. Molecular typing of Austrian SuHV-1 isolates of wild boar origin revealed the presence of two genetically distinct variants of SuHV-1, both capable of infecting dogs that have been exposed to infected wild boar during hunting. |
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