Serosurveillance of Trichinella sp. in wild boar and Iberian domestic suids in Mediterranean ecosystems of southwestern Spain
2023
Buffoni Perazzo, Leandro | Cano Terriza, David | Jiménez-Martín, Débora | Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl | Martínez Moreno, Álvaro | Martínez-Moreno, Francisco Javier | Zafra Leva, Rafael | Pérez Caballero, Raúl | Risalde, M.A. | Gómez-Guillamón, Félix | García-Bocanegra, Ignacio
Aims: A cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the seroprevalence and risk factors associated with Trichinella spp. exposure in wild boar and Iberian domestic pigs from Mediterranean ecosystems of southwestern Spain. Methods and Results: Serum samples from 1360 wild boar and 439 Iberian domestic pigs were obtained during 2015–2020, from regions where Iberian pigs are raised under extensive conditions, hence sharing habitat with wild boar. Seropositivity was found in 7.4% (100/1360; 95% CI: 6.1–8.9) of the wild boar analysed. In this species, the individual seroprevalence ranged from 3.6% (8/223) (hunting season 2016–2017) to 11.4% (37/326) (2018–2019). A significant higher seropositivity was observed during the hunting season 2018–2019 (p < 0.009: OR = 3.07; 95% CI = 1.32–7.18) and one statistically significant cluster was detected within the studied area, in south central Andalusia [Relative Risk (RR) = 2.9; p = 0.037]. Females showed a significantly higher seroprevalence than males (8.7% vs. 5.8%) (p < 0.001: OR = 1.58; 95% CI = 1.08–2.32). No seropositivity to Trichinella spp. was detected in Iberian domestic pigs (0.0%; 95% CI: 0.0–0.9). Conclusions: Although wild boar play an important role as a reservoir of Trichinella sp. in the Mediterranean ecosystems of southwestern Spain, our results suggest that the wild boar production system does not seem to pose a risk of Trichinella exposure to domestic pigs, despite sharing habitats in these ecosystems.
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