TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection and molecular characterization of Suid herpesvirus type 1 in Austrian wild boar and hunting dogs
AU - Steinrigl, Adolf
AU - Revilla-Fernández, Sandra
AU - Kolodziejek, Jolanta
AU - Wodak, Eveline
AU - Bagó, Zoltán
AU - Nowotny, Norbert
AU - Schmoll, Friedrich
AU - Köfer, Josef
PY - 2012/6/15
Y1 - 2012/6/15
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Austria
KW - GC coding region
KW - Hunting dog
KW - Phylogenetic analysis
KW - SuHV-1
KW - Wild boar
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U2 - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.12.033
DO - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.12.033
M3 - Article
C2 - 22264387
AN - SCOPUS:84860529586
SN - 0378-1135
VL - 157
SP - 276
EP - 284
JO - Veterinary Microbiology
JF - Veterinary Microbiology
IS - 3-4
ER -