Preferential sexual transmission of pseudorabies virus in feral swine populations may not account for observed seroprevalence in the USA

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 145-156

  Smith, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feral swine; Mathematical model; Pseudorabies; R 0

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PSEUDORABIES; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDORABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

SUID HERPESVIRUS 1; SUIDAE;

EID: 84655161373     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Anderson R.M., May R.M. Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control 1991, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
2. Begon M., Bennett M., Bowers R.G., French N.P., Hazel S.M., Turner J. A clarification of transmission terms in host-microparasite models: numbers, densities and areas. Epidemiol. Infect. 2002, 129:147-153.
3. Beuerle W. Field observations of aggressive sexual behaviour in European wild hog (Sus scrofa L.). Z. Tierpsych. 1975, 39:211-258.
4. Bieber C., Ruf T. Population dynamics in wild boar (Sus scrofa): ecology, elasticity of growth rate and implications for the management of pulsed resource consumers. J. Appl. Ecol. 2005, 42:1203-1213.
5. Boitani L., Mattei L., Nonis D., Corsi F. Spatial and activity patterns of wild boars in Tuscany, Italy. J. Mammal. 1994, 75:600-612.
6. Bouma A., de Jong M.C.M., Kimman T.G. Transmission of pseudorabies within pig populations is independent of the size of the population. Prev. Vet. Med. 1995, 23:163-172.
7. Caley P., Hunt N.T., Melville L. Age-specific prevalence of porcine parvovirus antibody in feral pigs from a site in the Northern Territory. Aust. Vet. J. 1995, 72:36-37.
8. Campbell T.A., DeYoung R.W., Wehland E.M., Grassman L.I., Long D.B., Delgado-Acevedo J. Feral swine exposure to selected viral and bacterial pathogens in southern Texas. J. Swine Health Prod. 2008, 16:312-315.
9. Corn J.L., Stallknecht D.E., Mechlin N.M., Luttrell M.P., Fischer J.R. Persistence of pseudorabies virus in feral swine populations. J. Wildl. Dis. 2004, 40:307-310.
10. Corn J.L., Cumbee J.C., Barfoot R., Erickson G.A. Pathogen exposure in feral swine populations geographically associated with high densities of transitional swine premises and commercial swine production. J. Wildl. Dis. 2009, 45:713-721.
11. Davies E.B., Beran G.W. Spontaneous shedding of pseudorabies from a clinically recovered post parturient sow. JAVMA 1980, 176:1345-1347.
12. Davies E.B., Beran G.W. Influence of environmental factors upon the survival of Aujeszky's disease virus. Res. Vet. Sci. 1981, 31:32-36.
13. Delgado R., Fernandez-Llario P., Azevedoc M., Beja-Pereirac A., Santos P. Paternity assessment in free-ranging wild boar (Sus scrofa) - are littermates full-sibs?. Mamm. Biol. 2008, 73:169-176.
14. Dewsbury D.A. A test of the role of copulatory plugs in sperm competition in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). J. Mammal. 1988, 69:854-857.
15. Donaldson A.I., Wardley R.C., Martin S., Harkness J.W. Influence of vaccination of Aujesky's disease virus and disease transmission. Vet. Rec. 1984, 115:121-124.
16. Gardner I.A., Willeberg P., Mousing J. Empirical and theoretical evidence for herd size as a risk factor for swine diseases. Anim. Health Res. Rev. 2002, 3:43-55.
17. Geisser H., Reyer H.-U. The influence of food and temperature on population density of wild boar Sus scrofa in the Thurgau (Switzerland). J. Zool. Lond. 2005, 267:89-96.
18. Glorieux S., Favoreel H.W., Meesen G., de Vos W., Van den Broeck W., Nauwynck H.J. Different replication characteristics of historical pseudorabies virus strains in porcine respiratory nasal mucosa explants. Vet. Microbiol. 2009, 136:341-346.
19. Greenwell R. The Ricker salmon model. UMAP J. 1984, 5:337-359.
20. Gresham C.S., Gresham C.A., Duffy M.J., Faulkner C.T., Patton S. Increased prevalence of Brucella suis and pseudorabies virus antibodies in adults of an isolated feral swine population in coastal South Carolina. J. Wildl. Dis. 2002, 38:653-656.
21. Groot Bruinderink G.W.T.A., Hazebroek E. Modelling carrying capacity for wild boar, Sus scofa scrofa, in a forest/heathland ecosystem. Wildl. Biol. 1995, 1:81-87.
22. Gustafson D.P. Pseudorabies. Diseases of Swine 1986, 274-289. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa. 6th ed.
23. Hahn E.C., Page G.R., Hahn P.S., Gillis K.D., Romero C., Annelli J.A., Gibbs E.P.J. Mechanisms of transmission of Aujesky's disease virus originating from feral swine in the USA. Vet. Microbiol. 1997, 55:123-130.
24. Hahn E.C., Fadl-Alla B., Lichtensteiger C.A. Variation of Aujeszky's disease viruses in wild swine in USA. Vet. Microbiol. 2010, 143:45-51.
25. Hampton J., Pluske J.R., Spencer P.B.S. A preliminary genetic study of the social biology of feral pigs in south-western Australia and the implications for management. Wildl. Res. 2004, 31:375-381.
26. Hebeisen C., Fattebert J., Baubet E., Fischer C. Estimating wild boar (Sus scrofa) abundance and density using capture-resights in Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Eur. J. Wildl. Res. 2008, 54:391-401.
27. Hone J. Predator-prey theory and feral pig control, with emphasis on evaluation of shooting from a helicopter. Aust. Wildl. Res. 1990, 17:123-130.
28. Hynes E.F., Rudd C.D., Temple-Smith P.D., Sofronidis G., Paris D., Shaw G., Renfree M.B. Mating sequence, dominance and paternity success in captive male tammar wallabies. Reproduction 2005, 130:123-130.
29. Jia Z., Duan E., Jiang Z., Wang Z. Copulatory plugs in masked palm civets: prevention of semen leakage, sperm storage, or chastity enhancement?. J. Mammal. 2002, 83:1035-1038.
30. Kaminski G., Brandt S., Baubet E., Baudoin C. Life-history patterns in female wild boars (Sus scrofa): mother-daughter postweaning associations. Can. J. Zool. 2005, 83:474-480.
31. Keeling M.J., Rohani P. Modeling Infectious Diseases in Humans and Animals 2008, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.
32. Kramer T., Greco T.M., Enquist L.W., Cristea I.M. Proteomic characterization of pseudorabies virus extracellular virions. J. Virol. 2011, 85:6427-6441.
33. Krebs C.L. Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance 1972, Harper and Row, New York.
34. Lambert J.D., Lambert D. Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Systems: The Initial Value Problem 1991, Wiley, New York, (Chapter 5).
35. Lari A., Lorenzi D., Nigrelli D., Brocchi E., Faccini S., Poli A. Pseudorabies virus in European wild boar from Central Italy. J. Wildl. Dis. 2006, 42:319-324.
36. Lutz W., Langhans D.J., Schmitz D., Müller T. A long-term survey of pseudorabies virus infections in European wild boar of western Germany. Z. Jagdwiss. 2003, 49:130-140.
37. Massolo A., Mazzoni della Stella R. Population structure variations of wild boar Sus scrofa in central Italy. Ital. J. Zool. 2006, 73:137-144.
38. Maes L., Pensaert M. Persistence of Aueszky's virus on fattening and breeding premises for pigs after an outbreak of the disease. Tijdschr. Diergeneeskd. 1984, 109:439-445.
39. McFerran J.B., Dow C. The effect of colostrum derived antibody on mortality and virus excretion following experimental infection of piglets with Aujeszky's disease virus. Res. Vet. Sci. 1973, 15:208-214.
40. Merdan H., Duman O., Akin O., Celik C. Allee effects on population dynamics in continuous (overlapping) case. Chaos Soliton Fract. 2009, 39:1994-2001.
41. Miller A.R. A test for life tables for theoretical gerontology. J. Gerontol. 1988, 43:B43-B49.
42. Mockeliuniene V., Salomaskas A., Mockeliunas R., Petkevicius S. Prevalence and epidemiological features of bovine viral diarrhoea virus infection in Lithuania. Vet. Microbiol. 2004, 99:51-57.
43. Parga J.A. Copulatory plug displacement evidences sperm competition in Lemur catta. Int. J. Primatol. 2003, 24:889-899.
44. Pech R.B., Hone J. A model of the dynamics and control of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in feral pigs in Australia. J. Appl. Ecol. 1988, 25:63-77.
45. Pirtle E.C., Sacks J.M., Nettles V.F., Rollor E.A. Prevalence and transmission of pseudorabies virus in an isolated population of feral swine. J. Wildl. Dis. 1989, 25:605-607.
46. Pohlmeyer, K., Sodeikat, G., 2003. Population dynamics and habitat use of wild boar in Lower Saxony. Workshop on Classical Swine Fever, October 6th-9th, 2003. Hannover. (AGRO307/7730), pp. 1-4.
47. Poteaux C., Baubet E., Kaminski G., Brandt S., Dobson F.S., Baudoin C. Socio-genetic structure and mating system of a wild boar population. J. Zool. 2009, 278:116-125.
48. Read A.F., Sheldon B.C. Comparative biology and disease ecology. TREE 1997, 12:43-44.
49. Rosell C., Navàs F., Romero S., de Dalmases I. Activity patterns and social organization of wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) in a wetland environment: preliminary data on the effects of shooting individuals. Galemys 2004, 16:157-166. (Special issue).
50. Romero C.H., Meade P.N., Shultz J.E., Chung H.Y., Gibbs E.P., Hahn E.C., Lollis G. Venereal transmission of pseudorabies viruses indigenous to feral swine. J. Wildl. Dis. 2001, 37:289-296.
51. Rossi S., Fromont E., Pontier D., Cruciere C., Hars J., Barrat J., Pacholek X., Artois M. Incidence and persistence of classical swine fever in free-ranging wild boar (Sus scrofa). Epidemiol. Infect. 2005, 133:559-568.
52. Ruiz-Fons F., Vidal D., Hofle U., Vicente J., Gortazar C. Aujeszky's disease virus infection patterns in European wild boar. Vet. Microbiol. 2007, 120:241-250.
53. Sharif M., Daryani A., Nasrolahei M., Ziapour S.P. Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in stray cats in Sari, northern Iran. Trop. Anim. Health Prod. 2009, 41:183-187.
54. Schoenbaum M.A., Beran G.W., Murphy D.P. Pseudorabies virus latency and reactivation in vaccinated swine. Am. J. Vet. Res. 1990, 51:334-338.
55. Smith G., Grenfell B.T. The population biology of pseudorabies in swine. Am. J. Vet. Res. 1990, 51:148-155.
56. Spencer P., Lapidge S., Hampton J., Pluske J. The socio-genetic structure of a controlled feral pig population. Wildl. Res. 2005, 32:297-304.
57. Sweitzer R.A., Van Vuren D., Gardner I.A., Boyce W.M., Waithman J.D. Estimating sizes of wild pig populations in the north and central coast regions of California. J. Wildl. Manage. 2000, 64:531-543.
58. USDA, 2008a. Pseudorabies (Aujeszky's Disease) and Its Eradication a Review of the U.S. Experience. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Technical Bulletin No. 1923.
59. USDA, 2008b. National Pseudorabies Surveillance Plan: Final Draft, Version 1.01. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, National Surveillance Unit Fort Collins, CO, April 16, 2008.
60. Van der Leek M.L., Becker H.N., Pirtle E.C., Humphrey P., Adams C.L., All B.P., Erickson G.A., Belden R.C., Frankenberger W.B., Gibbs E.P.J. Prevalence of pseudorabies (Aujeszky's disease) virus antibodies in feral swine in Florida. J. Wildl. Dis. 1993, 25:605-607.
61. Vicente J., Ruiz-Fons F., Vidal D., Höfle U., Acevedo P., Villanúa D., Fernández-de-Mera I.G., Martín M.P., Gortázar C. Serosurvey of Aujeszky's disease virus infection in European wild boar in Spain. Vet. Rec. 2005, 156:408-412.
62. West, B.C., Cooper, A.L., Armstrong, J.B., 2009. Managing wild pigs: a technical guide. Human-Wildlife Interactions Monograph 1. pp. 1-55.
63. Wyckoff A.C., Henke S.E., Campbell T.A., Hewitt D.G., VerCauteren K.C. Feral swine contact with domestic swine: a serologic survey and assessment of potential for disease transmission. J. Wildl. Dis. 2009, 45:422-429.