Effects of culling Eurasian wild boar on the prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis and Aujeszky's disease virus.

摘要: Abstract Worldwide, failure to eradicate a disease in livestock has sometimes been related wildlife reservoirs of infection. We describe the effects Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) abundance reduction through increased culling on prevalence two chronic infectious diseases, tuberculosis (TB) and Aujeszky's (AD), region South-central Spain (SCS). The infections studied responded differently an approximately 50% abundance. Wild TB remained stable control sites, whereas it decreased by 21–48% treatment sites. In one site, annual was positively correlated with percentage skin test reactor cattle. another red deer (Cervus elaphus) M. bovis infection after boar. No significant effect ADV seroprevalence found. achieved despite no alternative host being included strategy. advocate that could become part integrated strategies including habitat game management changes vaccination, contributing increase their success likelihood, or reducing total expenses.