First Detection of Salmonella enterica Serovar Choleraesuis in Free Ranging European Wild Boar in Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Following the first detection of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, serovar Choleraesuis (S. Choleraesuis) in a Swedish pig herd for more than 40 years and subsequent detection of the same serotype in an enclosure with kept wild boar, a national surveillance for S. Choleraesuis in free living wild boar was launched. A total of 633 wild boar sampled within the active and the enhanced passive surveillance were examined for Salmonella enterica serovars by culture. Of these, 80 animals were culture positive for S. Choleraesuis var. Kunzendorf. All positive animals, including those in the original outbreaks, originated from counties located in the southern and eastern parts of Sweden. Fifty-eight isolates were selected for sequence typing, revealing a

SUBMITTER: Ernholm L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9324790 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature