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ArticleActa veterinaria Scandinavica2016

Prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in wild boars in the Basque Country, northern Spain.

Maialen Arrausi-Subiza, Xeider Gerrikagoitia, Vega Alvarez, Jose Carlos Ibabe, Marta Barral

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Article in Acta veterinaria Scandinavica, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maialen Arrausi-SubizaDepartment of Animal Health, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development-NEIKER, Berreaga 1, 48160, Derio-Bizkaia, Spain. marrausisubiza@hotmail.com.
Xeider GerrikagoitiaDepartment of Animal Health, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development-NEIKER, Berreaga 1, 48160, Derio-Bizkaia, Spain. xgerrikagoitia@neiker.eus.
Vega AlvarezDepartment of Animal Health, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development-NEIKER, Berreaga 1, 48160, Derio-Bizkaia, Spain. valvarez@neiker.eus.
Jose Carlos IbabeDepartment of Animal Health, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development-NEIKER, Berreaga 1, 48160, Derio-Bizkaia, Spain. jibabe@neiker.eus.
Marta BarralDepartment of Animal Health, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development-NEIKER, Berreaga 1, 48160, Derio-Bizkaia, Spain. mbarral@neiker.eus.
NEIKER, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundYersiniosis is a zoonosis widely distributed in Europe and swine carry different serotypes of Yersinia enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis in wild boars in northern Spain. The blood of wild boars (n = 505) was sampled between 2001 and 2012. Seroprevalence was determined in 490 serum samples with an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Seventy-two of the animals were also examined for the presence of Y. enterocolitica or Y. pseudotuberculosis in the tonsils with real-time polymerase chain reaction. All the tonsils were analysed twice, directly and after cold enrichment in phosphate-buffered saline supplemented with 1 % mannitol and 0.15 % bile salts.

resultsAntibodies directed against Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis were detected in 52.5 % of the animals. Yersinia enterocolitica was detected with real-time polymerase chain reaction in 33.3 % of the wild boars and Y. pseudotuberculosis in 25 %. Significant differences were observed according to the sampling year, and the highest prevalence was during winter and spring. The highest antibody levels and Y. enterocolitica prevalence were observed in mountainous areas at altitudes higher than 600 m, with very cold winters, and with the highest annual rainfall for each dominant climate. Areas with low and medium livestock populations were associated with the highest seroprevalence of Yersinia spp. in wild boars, whereas areas with high ovine populations had the highest prevalence of Y. enterocolitica.

conclusionsThis study shows that Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis are highly prevalent among wild boars in the Basque country, with Y. enterocolitica most prevalent. The risk of infection among wild boars is influenced by the season and the area in which they live.

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Sus scrofaAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleMalePalatine TonsilPrevalenceReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSeroepidemiologic StudiesSpainSwineSwine DiseasesYersinia enterocoliticaYersinia InfectionsYersinia pseudotuberculosisAntibodies, Bacterial

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