A preliminar study on Brucella spp. seroprevalence in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Portugal

Various species of the genus Brucella are highly virulent zoonotic agents. Brucella melitensis, B. abortus, and B. suis area broadly spread worldwide and animal brucellosis has a significant economic impact. This zoonotic disease affects both domestic pigs and wild pigs such as wild boar (Sus scrofa) In order to investigate the importance of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the epidemiology of Brucella infection in Portugal, a serological survey was performed on samples from 184 wild boar fron the Centre region of Portugal.

Keywords

Brucella spp. ELISA Seroprevalence Wild boar

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/10085

Citation

PIRES, Humberto [et al.] (2023) - A preliminar study on Brucella spp. seroprevalence in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Portugal. In XV Genetics and Biotechnology Conference | V Genetics and Biotechnology Iberian Conference, Vila Real, Léon, 2023 - Book of abstracts. pp. 159.