Age-specific prevalence of porcine parvovirus antibody in feral pigs from a site in the Northern Territory. [Short contribution]
1995
Caley, P. (Canberra Univ., Belconnen (Australia). Applied Ecology Group) | Hunt, N.T. | Melville, L. (Northern Territory Dept. of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Darwin (Australia))
In total, 298 individual feral pigs trapped in the Northern Territory were tested for porcine parvovirus antibody (PPV), of which 174 (58.4 percent) scored as positive. The age of pigs ranged from 2 weeks to greater than 6 years. Most pigs had maternally-derived antibody at birth, which steadily decreased until about 8 months of age. Between 8 and 24 months of age, pigs rapidly acquired antibody to PPV, with 98 percent older than 24 months having antibody.
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