title: A serosurvey for selected pathogens in Greek European wild boar.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Serum samples, collected from 94 European wild boar (Sus scrofa) during the hunting seasons 2006 -2010 from different regions of Greece, were examined in order to estimate the role of these wildlife species as reservoir of pathogens important for livestock and/or public health.
  
  
  METHODS
  The assays used for this purpose were commercial indirect ELISA for the detection of antibodies against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (virus) (PRRSV), Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV), influenza A (IA) virus, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Salmonella species, Trichinella species and indirect immunofluorescence antibody test for the detection of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Antibodies against PCV-2, PRRSV, ADV, IA virus,A. pleuropneumoniae, M. hyopneumoniae, Salmonella species, Trichinella species, T. gondii and N. caninum were detected in 19.1 per cent, 12.8 per cent, 35.1 per cent, 1.1 per cent, 57.4 per cent, 0 per cent, 4.3 per cent, 6.4 per cent, 5.2 per cent and 1.1 per cent of the samples, respectively. Cluster analysis revealed a hot spot of seropositivity near Bulgarian border; seropositivity to ADV was more common among female animals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate exposure of wild boar to most of the above-mentioned pathogens, raising concern about the possibility that these species may pose a significant health risk for livestock and/or humans.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Thessaly , Karditsa , Greece ; Department of Biomedicine , Institute for Research and Technology Thessaly , Larissa , Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Touloudi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Thessaly , Karditsa , Greece ; Department of Biomedicine , Institute for Research and Technology Thessaly , Larissa , Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valiakos
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Thessaly , Karditsa , Greece.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Athanasiou
authors.affiliation: Department of Forestry and Management of Natural Environment , Technological Education Institute of Thessaly , Karditsa , Greece ; Hunting Federation of Macedonia and Thrace , Thessaloniki , Greece.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Birtsas
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Thessaly , Karditsa , Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giannakopoulos
authors.affiliation: Hunting Federation of Macedonia and Thrace , Thessaloniki , Greece.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Papaspyropoulos
authors.affiliation: Hunting Federation of Macedonia and Thrace , Thessaloniki , Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kalaitzis
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Thessaly , Karditsa , Greece ; Hunting Federation of Macedonia and Thrace , Thessaloniki , Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sokos
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Thessaly , Karditsa , Greece.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Tsokana
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Production , Technological Education Institution of Thessaly , Larissa , Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Spyrou
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology , Veterinary Laboratories Agency , Weybridge , UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petrovska
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Thessaly , Karditsa , Greece ; Department of Biomedicine , Institute for Research and Technology Thessaly , Larissa , Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Billinis
keywords: GIS; Greece; Infectious diseases; Serology; Wild boar; swine