Abstract:

Antibody evidence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus detected in sera collected from feral swine (Sus scrofa) across the United States

Kerri Pedersen, MS; Ryan S. Miller, MS, PhD; Anthony R. Musante, MS; Timothy S. White, BS; James D. Freye II, BS; Thomas Gidlewski, MS, DVM

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Feral swine sera from across the United States were tested for antibodies to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. Antibodies to the virus were detected in 1.2% (68 of 5506) of the samples tested, suggesting that feral swine are unlikely to be an important source of spillback into domestic swine.

Keywords: disease, feral swine, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, Sus scrofa, PRRS

RIS citationCite as: Pedersen K, Miller RS, Musante AR, et al. Antibody evidence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus detected in sera collected from feral swine (Sus scrofa) across the United States. J Swine Health Prod 2018;26(1):41-44.

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