title: Disease risks associated with free-ranging wild boar in Saskatchewan.
abstract: This study investigated the disease status of Saskatchewan's feral wild boar population. Whole carcasses, tissue samples, and/or serum from 81 hunter-killed boars from Saskatchewan were submitted to the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) between 2009 and 2014. Serological tests were negative for PRRS, H1N1, and H3N2 swine influenza, PCV-2, and TGE/PRCV in 22/22 boars and for Toxoplasma gondii and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in 20/20 boars. Of 20 boars whose sera were tested 20 were positive for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, with 7 positive for, among other strains, serotype 14; 16 were positive for Lawsonia intracellularis, 1 was positive and 6 were suspicious for Salmonella spp. Polymerase chain reaction tests were negative for PRRS and PCV2 in 58/58 boars and positive for Torque teno virus in 1/8 boars. Digestion assays were negative for Trichinella spp. in 22/22 boars. The high seroprevalence of A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 14 is noteworthy as this serotype has not been previously reported in North America.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Western-Northern Region, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (McGregor, Bollinger); Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc and Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine et avicole, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec (Gottschalk); Prairie Diagnostic Services, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Godson); Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Branch, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Wilkins).
authors.forename: Glenna F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: McGregor
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Western-Northern Region, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (McGregor, Bollinger); Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc and Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine et avicole, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec (Gottschalk); Prairie Diagnostic Services, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Godson); Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Branch, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Wilkins).
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Western-Northern Region, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (McGregor, Bollinger); Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc and Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine et avicole, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec (Gottschalk); Prairie Diagnostic Services, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Godson); Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Branch, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Wilkins).
authors.forename: Dale L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Godson
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Western-Northern Region, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (McGregor, Bollinger); Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc and Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine et avicole, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec (Gottschalk); Prairie Diagnostic Services, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Godson); Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Branch, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Wilkins).
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Western-Northern Region, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (McGregor, Bollinger); Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc and Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine et avicole, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec (Gottschalk); Prairie Diagnostic Services, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Godson); Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Branch, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Wilkins).
authors.forename: Trent K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Bollinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D012525:Saskatchewan / Q000453:epidemiology; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D015047:Zoonoses