Apparent prevalence of swine brucellosis in feral swine in the United States

Human-Wildlife Interactions

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-47

  Pedersen, Kerri ^a   Bevins, Sarah N ^a   Schmit, Brandon S ^a   Lutman, Mark W ^a   Milleson, Michael P ^a   Turnage, Clint T ^a   Bigelow, Troy T ^a   Deliberto, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella suis; Feral swine; Human wildlife conflicts; Prevalence; Sus scrofa; Swine brucellosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84872555300     PISSN: 21553858     EISSN: 21553874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Alton, G. G., L. M. Jones, R. D. Angus, and J. M. Verger. 1988. Techniques for the brucellosis laboratory. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France.
2. Baber, D. W., and B. E. Coblentz. 1986. Density, home range, habitat use, and reproduction in feral pigs on Santa Catalina Island. Journal of Mammalogy 67:512-525.
3. Centers for Disease Control and U. S. Department of Agriculture. 2010. Wild hog hunting-stay healthy on your hunt, . Accessed March 1, 2011.
4. Cook, D. R., and J. W. Noble. 1984. Isolation of Brucella suis from cattle. Australian Veterinary Journal 61:263-264.
5. Cross, P. C., D. M. Heisey, B. M. Scurlock, W. H. Edwards, M. R. Ebinger, and A. Brennan. 2010. Mapping brucellosis increases relative to elk density using hierarchical Bayesian models. PLoS One. 5:e10322. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0010322.
6. Cvetnic, Z., S. Sicic, S. Curic, B. Jukic, M. Lojkic, D. Albert, M. Thiébaud, and B. Garin-Bastuiji. 2005. Isolation of Brucella suis biovar 3 from horses in Croatia. Veterinary Record 156:584-585.
7. Daszak, P., A. A. Cunningham, and A. D. Hyatt. 2000. Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife- threats to biodiversity and human health. Science 287:443-449.
8. Davis, B. D., R. Dulbecco, H. N. Eisen, and H. S. Ginsberg. 1980. Microbiology. Harper and Row, New York, New York, USA.
9. Deyoe, B. L. 1986. Brucellosis. Pages 599-607 in A. D. Leman, B. Straw, R. P. Glock, W. L. Mengeling, R. H. C. Penny, and E. Scholl, editors. Diseases of swine. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, USA.
10. Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., S. Wacheck, M. Koenig, A. Stolle, and R. Stephan. 2009. Prevalence of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in wild boars in Switzerland. International Journal of Food Microbiology 135:199-202.
11. Gipson, P. S., C. D. Lee, S. Wilson, J. R. Thiele, and D. Hobbick. 2006. Status of feral pigs in Kansas and Nebraska. Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conference 20:19-24.
12. Jungersen, G., V. Sorenesen, S. B. Giese, J. A. Stack, and U. Riber. 2006. Differentiation between serological responses to Brucella suis and Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:9 after natural or experimental infection in pigs. Epidemiological Infections 134:347-357.
13. Kerby, G. P., I. W. Brown Jr., G. Margolis, and W. D. Forbus. 1943. Bacteriological observations on experimental brucellosis in dogs and swine. American Journal of Pathology 19:1009-1020.
14. Kulldorff, M. 1997. A spatial scan statistic. Communications in Statistic Theory and Methods 26:1481-1496.
15. Matschke, G. H. 1967. Aging European wild hogs by dentition. Journal of Wildlife Management 31:109-113.
16. Mayer, J. J., and L. L. Brisbin Jr. 2008. Wild pigs in the United States. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, USA.
17. Mikolon, A. B., I. A. Gardner, S. K. Hietala, J. H. de Anda, E. C. PestaÑa, S. G. Hennager, and A. J. Edmondson. 1998. Evaluation of North American antibody detection tests for diagnosis of brucellosis in goats. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 36:1716-1722.
18. Nielsen, K. 2002. Diagnosis of brucellosis by serology. Veterinary Microbiology 90:447-459.
19. Nielsen, K., D. Gall, M. Jolley, G. Leishman, S. Balsevicius, P. Smith, P. Nicoletti, and F. Thomas. 1996. A homogeneous fluorescence polarization assay for detection of antibody to Brucella abortus. Journal of Immunological Methods 195:161-168.
20. Olsen, S. C. 2010. Brucellosis in the United States: role and significance of wildlife reservoirs. Vaccine 28S:F73-F76.
21. Pimentel, D. 2007. Environmental and economic costs of vertebrate species invasions into the United States. Pages 2-8 in G. W. Witmer, W. C. Pitt, and K. A. Fagerstone, editors. Managing vertebrate invasive species: proceedings of an international symposium, USDA/APHIS/ Wildlife Services' National Wildlife Research Center, August 7-9, 2007, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
22. Rupprecht, C. E., J. S. Smith, M. Fekadu, and J. E. Childs. 1995. The ascension of wildlife rabies: a cause for public health concern or intervention? Emerging Infectious Diseases 1:107.
23. Seward, N. W., K. C. VerCauteren, G. W. Witmer, and R. M. Engeman. 2004. Feral swine impacts on agriculture and the environment. Sheep and Goat Research Journal 19:34-40.
24. Sparklin, B. D., M. S. Mitchell, L. B. Hanson, D. B. Jolley, and S. S. Ditckoff. 2009. Territoriality of feral pigs in a highly persecuted population on Fort Benning, Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:497-502.
25. Stoffregen, W. C., S. C. Olsen, C. J. Wheeler, B. J. Bricker, M. V. Palmer, A. E. Jensen, S. M. Halling, and D. P. Alt. 2007. Diagnostic characterization of a feral swine herd enzootically infected with Brucella. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 19:227-237.
26. Thorne, E. T. 2001. Brucellosis. Pages 372-395 in E. S. Williams and I. K. Barker, editors. Infectious diseases of wild mammals. Blackwell, Ames, Iowa USA.
27. van der Leek, M. L., H. N. Becker, P. Humphrey, C. L. Adams, R. C. Belden, W. B. Frankenberger, and P. L. Nicoletti. 1993. Prevalence of Brucella spp. antibodies in feral swine in Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29: 410-415.
28. Waithman, J. D., R. A. Sweitzer, D. Van Vuren, J. D. Drew, A. J. Brinkhaus, I. A. Gardner, and W. M. Boyce. 1999. Range expansion, population sizes, and management of wild pigs in California. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:298-308.
29. Wyckoff, C. A., S. E Henke, T. A. Campbell, D.G.Hewitt, K. C. VerCauteren. 2009. Feral swine contact with domestic swine: a serologic survey and assessment of potential for disease transmission. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45:422-429.
30. Young, E. J. 1995. An overview of human brucellosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 21: 283-290.