Epizootiological survey of trichinellosis in SR Croatia [Yugoslavia], (1982-1987)
1987
Rapic, D. (Veterinarski fakultet, Zagreb (Yugoslavia)) | Wikerhauzer, T.
In a five-year epizootiological survey of trichinellosis in Croatia (Yugoslavia), a total of 2,882 domestic pigs raised under different conditions, 78 wild pigs, 48 foxes, 8 bears, 50 rats, and 603 horses were examined. Serological and parasitological examinations revealed 37 (21.76%) positive animals among grazing domestic pigs, but infections were very light (0.02-0.16 larvae per gram). While out of 2,394 pigs raised on small private rural farms, 40 (1.67%) were positive (infection rate rather high), none of the pigs raised industrially on a modern breeding and fattening farm reacted positively. The prevalence of trichinellosis in wild pigs and foxes was unexpectedly high, 7.89% and 6.30% respectively. Out of 50 rats, originating from a village where 15 positive pigs were discovered, 8 (16%) harboured Trichinella spiralis larvae. None of 603 serologically (ELISA) examined horses reacted positively.
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