| [studies on european swine plague. vi. sampling studies for the detection of esp antibody carriers in pedigree and hybrid stock in lower saxony]. | | 1976 | 1267760 |
| [environmental hygienic aspects of echinococcosis]. | a literature review on the current situation of echinococcosis in central europe is given. the only final host for echinococcus granulosus in this region ist the dog. the infection rate of dogs with e. granulosus in central europe is less than 1%. according to meat inspection statistics in germany less than 0.008% of sheep, pigs and horses carry larval stages of e. granulosus. parasitologically confirmed is the occurrence of a cattle-dog strain, the cysts of which were found in 0.26% of slaughte ... | 1992 | 1516550 |
| [talfan disease of swine in germany. 1. isolation and determination of the talfan subtype of the teschen virus in young swine in the dresden district]. | | 1965 | 5890720 |
| [foot-and-mouth disease in low saxony. problems in control measures--experiences in slaughter procedures]. | | 1966 | 6010389 |
| [inquiry of veterinarians in niedersachsen concerning the occurrence of parasitic diseases and their control in large animals]. | in lower saxony approximately 3500 veterinarians were asked to fill in a questionnaire focused on the prevalence of parasitic infections in cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses, the preferred control measures and the antiparasitic drugs in use. although the disappointing low number of only 48 veterinarians that participated in this survey prevented any representative conclusions the following trends were remarkable: gastrointestinal strongyles were the most prevalent parasites in cattle (34.8%), shee ... | 1995 | 7600943 |
| [detection of verotoxin-producing e. coli in field isolates from domestic and agricultural animals in sachsen-anhalt]. | a report is given on the detection of verotoxin-producing e. coli (vtec) strains from field isolates of healthy or ill cattle (n = 141), pigs (n = 306), sheep (n = 15), cats (n = 29) and dogs (n = 25) in the region of the new federal land sachsen-anhalt. 5% of the strains isolated from cattle, 32% from pigs, 20% from sheep, 4% from dogs and 0% from cats have shown vtec. the e. coli-strains were checked for the presence of other factors of virulence, too. a good correlation (82%) was found betwee ... | 1994 | 7802620 |
| [prevalence of antibodies against the viruses of european swine fever, aujeszky's disease and "porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome" in wild boars in the federal states sachsen-anhalt and brandenburg]. | during the hunting season from 1991/1992 blood samples were collected from wild boar shot in the federal states of sachsen-anhalt (482 samples) and brandenburg (177 samples) which corresponds to 2.1 and 0.4% of the total hunting bag. all sera were screened in a complex trapping blocking (ctb) elisa for antibodies against hog cholera virus (hcv) and in an indirect elisa for antibodies against aujeszky's disease virus (adv). additionally the sera were tested for neutralizing antibodies against hcv ... | 1994 | 8131731 |
| biospheric 129i concentrations in the pre-nuclear and nuclear age. | in order to detect characteristic regional differences or temporal changes of 129i concentrations in the biosphere, thyroids from humans, grazing livestock, and herbivorous wildlife species (reindeer and roedeer) were collected in various areas of the world which are not affected by reprocessing plants. for reasons of comparison, all samples were analyzed for their 129i:127i atom ratios. human and bovine thyroids taken from the 10th region in southern chile (39 degrees-41 degrees south) indicate ... | 1993 | 8244695 |
| [victor hofmeister (1829-1994), königl. dresden veterinary school--contributions to digestive physiology and animal nutrition]. | victor hofmeister (1829-1894), a chemist, was active between 1862-1894 at the tierärztliche hochschule dresden. his common work with haubner, siedamgrotzky and especially ellenberger supplied basis information on digestibility of feestuffs (sheep, horses) about various clinical-chemical or toxicological questions, but particularly about the digestive physiology in horses, pigs, dogs and ruminants. the main results of the research group in dresden outlast the last 100 years and represent valuable ... | 2000 | 10887670 |
| oral immunisation of wild boar against classical swine fever: concluding analysis of the recent field trials in germany. | the recent oral immunisation trials in wild boar against classical swine fever (csf) in germany are described and evaluated in summary. after the first field study in lower saxony from 1993-1995 further immunisation trials started in mecklenburg-western pomerania, brandenburg, lower saxony, baden-württemberg and saxony-anhalt. the immunisation strategies and the size of the vaccination zones were different in the individual federal states. in principle, the bait vaccine based on the csf virus st ... | 2002 | 12058591 |
| prevalence of anti-yersinia outer protein antibodies in goats in lower saxony. | little is known about the prevalence of caprine yersiniosis in germany. only few cases are reported every year. the intention of the survey was to provide representative data on the seroprevalence of anti-yersinia antibodies in goats in the german state of lower saxony. a commercially available western blot kit was used to identify caprine and ovine anti-yersinia antibodies against five proteins [yopm, h, d, e and v-antigen (v-ag)]. of the 681 investigated goat sera, 449 (66%) had anti-yop/v-ag ... | 2005 | 15702996 |
| risk factors for bse-infections in lower saxony, germany. | in order to generate data on the cattle population and farm management in the state of lower saxony, germany, a basic demographic survey was conducted. afterwards these bse-free farms as a reference population were compared with the population on bse farms to identify risk factors for bse infections. a variety of risk factors for bse were reviewed, including the import of cattle from the united kingdom, commercial foodstuff, dairy farming, herd size and cross-contamination with foodstuff for oth ... | 2008 | 17764771 |
| yersinia enterocolitica isolates from wild boars hunted in lower saxony, germany. | yersiniosis is strongly associated with the consumption of pork contaminated with enteropathogenic yersinia enterocolitica, which is harbored by domestic pigs without showing clinical signs of disease. in contrast to data on y. enterocolitica isolated from conventionally reared swine, investigations into the occurrence of y. enterocolitica in wild boars in germany are rare. the objectives of the study were to get knowledge about these bacteria and their occurrence in wild boars hunted in norther ... | 2015 | 25956779 |
| [occurrence and geographical distribution of antibodies to hepatitis e virus in wild boars of saxony-anhalt, germany (2011)]. | hepatitis e virus (hev) may cause acute hepatitis in humans. in industrialised countries, acute hepatitis e generally occurs only sporadically. however, in recent years an increase in the number of reported cases has been observed. concerning autochthonous, non-travel-associated cases, a zoonotic transmission, particularly from the animal reservoirs of domestic pig and wild boar, and via undercooked meat is assumed. meanwhile, hev has been detected in domestic pig holdings as well as in wild boa ... | 2013 | 23758038 |
| serological investigation of wild boars (sus scrofa) and red foxes (vulpes vulpes) as indicator animals for circulation of francisella tularensis in germany. | tularemia outbreaks in humans have recently been reported in many european countries, but data on the occurrence in the animal population are scarce. in north america, seroconversion of omnivores and carnivores was used as indicator for the presence of tularemia, for the european fauna, however, data are barely available. therefore, the suitability of wild boars (sus scrofa) and red foxes (vulpes vulpes) as indicators for the circulation of f. tularensis in germany was evaluated. serum samples f ... | 2014 | 24359418 |
| serological salmonella monitoring in german pig herds: results of the years 2003-2008. | the implementation of the european regulations regarding zoonoses demands objective and scientific statements regarding the status of the salmonella prevalence in the national pig herds of all eu member states. since 2002, the "qs qualität und sicherheit gmbh" has carried out serological salmonella monitoring in german finishing pig herds. all data generated within the monitoring system are entered into the central database qualiproof(®) (qualitype ag, dresden). the dataset investigated included ... | 2011 | 21367476 |
| serodiversity and serological as well as cultural distribution of salmonella on farms and in abattoirs in lower saxony, germany. | in this study fattening pigs were monitored on farms and in the abattoir for salmonella prevalence. the samples with the highest prevalence at slaughter should be identified with special attention to the distribution of salmonella serovars on farms in comparison to those in slaughtered pigs. another aim was to monitor whether high serological antibody responses in pigs are in accordance with the specific salmonella serovars in tissues. from 3418 farm faecal samples, 191 were salmonella positive ... | 2011 | 21334757 |
| epidemiology of reported yersinia enterocolitica infections in germany, 2001-2008. | yersiniosis is the third most common zoonotic bacterial disease in germany and the european union. sequelae of yersinia enterocolitica infections, such as reactive arthritis, have been reported. consumption of pork and its products, especially eaten raw or undercooked, is an important risk factor of yersiniosis. infection with y. enterocolitica is notifiable through the national surveillance system for infectious diseases in germany and several thousands of cases are being reported each year. we ... | 2010 | 20546575 |
| [occurrence of mrsa in pigs and in humans involved in pig production--preliminary results of a study in the northwest of germany]. | in 2007, 678 pigs of all age groups out of 347 different farms from lower saxony and northrhine-westphalia and 86 persons occupationally exposed to pigs were investigated for their nasal colonisation with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus areus (mrsa) by the field station for epidemiology of the university of veterinary medicine hannover and the robert koch-institute. at the individual animal level, a frequency of positive results of 13% (n = 85 positive animals) and at the herd level, a freq ... | 2008 | 18500146 |
| simulation evaluation of salmonella monitoring in finishing pigs in lower saxony, germany. | results of serological monitoring for salmonella in finishing pigs are used to classify herds and target control measures at herds with high prevalence. the outcome of monitoring is determined by three factors: (a) the cut-off value for the optical density percentage (od%) to declare a sample positive, (b) the classification scheme to allocate farms to different salmonella prevalence classes, and (c) the annual number of samples per herd to calculate its salmonella prevalence. our goal was to an ... | 2007 | 17614149 |
| [the bacteriological and serological prevalence of campylobacter spp. and yersinia enterocolitica in fattening pig herds in lower saxony]. | this article presents the results of a study on the occurrence of two bacteria that cause zoonoses, campylobacter spp. and yersinia enterocolitica. the study was carried out in 30 fattening herds in lower saxony, germany, in 2004 and compares the results of bacteriological and serological methods of detection. bacteriological findings of campylobacter spp. in the faeces indicated that 69.7% of the fattening pigs were positive, but 81.2% tested positive serologically. all herds tested here were b ... | 2006 | 17007466 |
| [nation-wide outbreak of salmonella give in germany, 2004]. | in spring and summer 2004, a multistate outbreak of infections caused by salmonella enterica serovar give (s. give), a relatively rare serovar in germany, was detected. in order to identify a common exposure and to describe the characteristics of infections caused by s. give, an outbreak investigation was performed. | 2005 | 16088767 |
| [genetic typing of german isolates of classical swine fever virus]. | during the last decade several outbreaks of classical swine fever (csf) occurred in germany in domestic pigs and in wild boar, respectively. two major epidemics which also affected other eu member states were recorded. to support epidemiological investigations genetic typing was applied and virus isolates originating from different outbreaks in germany were assigned to groups and virus types. two genomic regions were selected for the phylogenetic analysis, namely 150 nucleotides from the 5' non- ... | 2001 | 11449911 |
| oral immunisation of wild boar against classical swine fever: evaluation of the first field study in germany. | the effectiveness of oral immunisation of wild boar against classical swine fever (csf) was studied in a field trial in lower saxony for two years, from 1993 to 1995. this field study was performed in an area of ca. 270 km(2)50% of young boars did not feed on vaccine baits nor become immunised. therefore, an intensive hunting of this age group is a necessary adjunct to the use of oral vaccination. after the third immunisation period, no virus was detected in the areas where oral immunisation too ... | 2000 | 10785331 |
| [the situation of classical swine fever in wild boars in the european community and selected aspects of disease transmission]. | the situation of classical swine fever (csf) in europe is described on the basis of the literature. in the european community, csf is present among wild boars in germany (federal states mecklenburg-western pomerania, brandenburg and lower saxony), in france (northern vosges) and in italy (regio emìlìa romagna in 1997 and sardinia--enzootically infected). infected wild boars are important as a source of infection for domestic pigs in germany. selected aspects of the transmission of csf virus from ... | 1998 | 9674308 |
| [the battle against aujeszky's disease with the help of country-wide vaccination and the elimination of infected swine. iii. eradication of aujeszky's disease in infected swine herds with the example of restoration proceedings in the area of osnabrück/lower saxony]. | the eradication of aujeszky's disease in an enzootic infected area of north-west-germany (landkreis osnabrück) is successfully treated by a combined vaccination, check and slaughter program as described. the important factors are the type of herd, herd size, pig density in the region and the completeness of vaccination which influence the eradication are also explained. to prevent future outbreaks of aujeszky's disease in an area with high pig density it is necessary to vaccinate herds for at le ... | 1997 | 9410732 |
| enterococcus faecium strains with vana-mediated high-level glycopeptide resistance isolated from animal foodstuffs and fecal samples of humans in the community. | the occurrence and the further spread of high-level glycopeptide-resistant, vana-positive enterococcus faecium strains outside of hospitals have been investigated. we could isolate such bacteria directly from thawing liquids of commercially produced frozen poultry (chickens, turkeys; no further data on previous feeding with avoparcin were available). in 5 of 13 samples of raw minced meat of pigs originating from 13 different butcher's shops, glycopeptide-resistant e. faecium (vana type) could be ... | 1995 | 9158786 |
| antibody prevalence of hog cholera, bovine viral diarrhoea and aujeszky's disease virus in wild boars in northern germany. | during the hunting season 1990/1991 a total of 841 blood samples was collected from shot wild boar corresponding to about 2.11% of the total hunting bag in lower saxony. all the sera were screened for neutralizing antibodies (nab) to hog cholera virus (hcv) and bovine viral diarrhoea virus (bvdv) by direct neutralizing peroxidase linked antibody (npla) assay. for the detection of antibodies (ab) against hcv a complex trapping blocking (ctb) elisa was used. cytotoxic sera were retested using an i ... | 1993 | 8404524 |
| [field infection with bvd virus in swine: epidemiology and diagnosis]. | in a pig breeding herd in lower saxony infertility of breeding sows had been repeatedly observed. growth retardation and post mortem findings in two piglets gave clinical indication to swine fever/hog cholera. a virus was isolated and typed by monoclonal antibodies as pestivirus not identical with hog cholera virus (hcv). in neutralization tests applying the field isolate, hcv and bovine viral diarrhea (bvd) virus the sera breeding sows and weaner pigs yielded high neutralizing antibody titres a ... | 1994 | 8131728 |
| [consumer- and causality-oriented monitoring of foodstuffs of animal origin--report on test runs in different regions of lower saxony]. | | 1985 | 3899593 |
| [conclusions from the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the government district of hannover in 1987/1988]. | knösel und tiroke (1989) reported recently experiences derived from the control of fmd outbreaks in 1987/88 in lower saxony (frg). on the basis of the described facts and in connection with the observations of the other outbreaks during the last 20 years in the frg several conclusions were drawn: (1) the compulsory annual vaccination was not able to prevent these outbreaks. (2) hence follows that very probable introductions of fmd from foreign countries cannot be prevented, especially since such ... | 1990 | 2194777 |
| [carl gustav carus (1789-1869) and his single ophthalmologic publication]. | carl gustav carus is the most important personality in medicine in dresden in the first half of the 19th century. he is well known for his manifold activity as a doctor, scientist and philosopher as well as a landscape painter of the romantic period. his literary output is estimated at about 25,000 printed pages. there is just one paper which touches ophthalmology and teratology: in 1842, carus described the monstrous head of a pig with cyclopia. the discussion follows an idealistic line with co ... | 1990 | 2184102 |
| escherichia coli types isolated from porcine e. coli infections in saxony from 1963 to 1990. | between 1963 and 1990, 4221 escherichia coli strains were isolated from 4221 cases of porcine neonatal colibacillosis and 16826 e. coli strains from 16064 cases of e. coli enterotoxicosis of weaned pigs. they belonged to serotypes which, due to their enterotoxigenicity or verotoxigenicity, are considered to be pathogenic for pigs. nonhaemolytic enterotoxigenic strains characterized by one of the fimbrial antigens k99 (f5), 987p (f6), and f41 and one of at least 8 different a antigens were only f ... | 1992 | 1486239 |
| [practice observations of cross protection between bovine and porcine herpesviruses]. | in many cattle herds in lower saxony the serologic ibr/ipv = bhv-1-status is known because since 1988 the bovine herpes virus infection (bhv 1), the infectious rhinotracheitis and pustular vulvovaginitis (ibr/ipv) are being fought. through extensive investigations in five districts in the weser-ems area, it was found that cows infected by bovine herpes virus (bhv 1) are also protected to a high degree against infection by porcine herpes suis virus (shv 1). an interpretation of the observed cross ... | 1992 | 1332217 |
| spatio-temporal analysis of the progression of aujeszky's disease virus infection in wild boar of saxony-anhalt, germany. | aujeszky's disease (ad, pseudorabies) is a notifiable disease caused by suid herpesvirus 1 (suhv-1), also named pseudorabies virus (prv). the study aimed at determining the occurrence and spatio-temporal trend of specific antibodies to ad virus (adv) among wild boar of saxony-anhalt, a landlocked federal state situated in the western part of eastern germany. to this end, a total of 7,209 blood samples were collected and tested from 2000 to 2011. an average seroprevalence of 6.8% was found for th ... | 2013 | 24258896 |
| age-related and regional differences in the prevalence of hepatitis e virus-specific antibodies in pigs in germany. | an increasing number of acute autochthonous human hepatitis e virus (hev)-infections was noticed in germany and other developed countries, most likely the result of a zoonotic virus transmission from pig, wild boar and deer. currently there is still a lack of profound data concerning the actual prevalence of hev-specific antibodies in domestic pig herds in germany, in particular for regions with high pig density, and its age-dependency. 2273 domestic pig sera were collected in 2011 mainly from b ... | 2013 | 24238666 |
| seroprevalence of hepatitis e virus (hev) in humans living in high pig density areas of germany. | an increase in acute autochthonous hepatitis e virus (hev) infections has been recorded in germany. these are suspected to be zoonotically transmitted from wild boar, deer and domestic pig. the latter may represent a major reservoir for hev. in this study, 537 sera from humans living in westphalia and lower saxony, representing areas of high pig density in germany, were tested for the presence of hev-specific antibodies. among them were 302 individuals with occupational, direct contact to pigs a ... | 2014 | 24744181 |
| alaria alata in wild boars (sus scrofa, linnaeus, 1758) in the eastern parts of germany. | over the last decade, incidental findings of alaria alata in stocks of german wild boar during the official trichinella inspection have been increased. as early as 2006, the german federal institute for risk assessment pointed out the possible health risk to the consumer posed by this trematode. however, at that time, reliable data concerning the prevalence of the parasite in german wild boars and feral pigs were lacking especially because no appropriate detection method was available. the devel ... | 2012 | 22562214 |
| prevalence of antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis virus in wild game from saxony, germany. | tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) is the most important tick-transmitted viral disease in europe and is caused by the flavivirus tbe-virus (tbev). in germany tbe is unevenly distributed with the vast majority of cases occurring in the south in so-called risk areas defined as regions with an incidence of at least 1 case in 100,000 inhabitants. however, in low endemic areas with lesser tbe cases the respective risk assessment is hard to achieve. we therefore intend to use the prevalence of antibodies ... | 2014 | 25113988 |
| serologic and molecular survey of hepatitis e virus in german deer populations. | hepatitis e virus (hev) is a human pathogen that is primarily transmitted by the fecal-oral route and causes a usually self-limiting acute viral hepatitis. the virus is endemic in developing countries of africa, asia, and latin america and is responsible for sporadic cases in industrialized countries. in western europe, an increasing number of autochthonous cases have been associated with zoonotic transmissions of hev from domestic and wild animals. in germany, animal reservoirs for hev have bee ... | 2016 | 26528571 |
| genetic diversity and antibiotic susceptibility of staphylococcus aureus isolates from wild boars. | we here report the occurrence of s. aureus in wild boars and characterize isolates genotypically and phenotypically in order to get knowledge about the occurrence of clonal lineages and genotypes in free-living wild animals. forty-one s. aureus isolates obtained from 111 wild boars hunted in lower saxony, germany, were investigated and compared to human and livestock isolates. the s. aureus belonged to multilocus sequence types st1, st7, st30, st133, st425, st804, st890 and to the new st3237, st ... | 2017 | 28916003 |