| disease risks associated with free-ranging wild boar in saskatchewan. | this study investigated the disease status of saskatchewan's feral wild boar population. whole carcasses, tissue samples, and/or serum from 81 hunter-killed boars from saskatchewan were submitted to the canadian wildlife health cooperative (cwhc) between 2009 and 2014. serological tests were negative for prrs, h1n1, and h3n2 swine influenza, pcv-2, and tge/prcv in 22/22 boars and for toxoplasma gondii and mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in 20/20 boars. of 20 boars whose sera were tested 20 were positiv ... | 0 | 26246630 |
| an abattoir survey of the incidence of pneumonia in saskatchewan swine and an investigation of the microbiology of affected lungs. | the lungs of 15 409 pigs, mostly from saskatchewan, slaughtered at an abattoir were examined over a one year period. the incidence of lesions was 36.7% for "enzootic" pneumonia and 2.1% for pleurisy unassociated with pneumonia. seasonal variations were recorded and compared with the results of similar surveys carried out in australia, belgium and england. mycoplasmological examination of lungs from 347 animals was consistently negative for mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. pasteurella multocida was the ... | 1981 | 7248880 |