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Porcine ecircovirus type 2 infection in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Croatia

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection i Croatian wild boars (Sus scrofa), associated with morphological lesions is described, which are regarded as characteristic for postwaening multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in domestic pigs. During the hunting season of 2003/2004, eight wild boars - approximately 2-6 months of age - were found dead in a fenced hunting area and were necropsied at the Pathology adepartment in Croatian Veterinary Institute. The diagnosis of PMWS met all three key criteria: the presence of compatible clinical signs of wasting, the presence of the characteristic microscopic lymphoid lesions, and the detectionof PCV2 within the lesions by in situ hybridisation (ISH). The PCV2 DNA from the swine tissues was extracted and sequenced. The phylogenetic analysis indicated the distribution of only one PCV2 strain in wild boars in Croatia, which was genetically almost identical with PCV2 isolated in France, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, China and Slovenia.

PCV2 infection; wild boar; Croatia

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