SEROSURVEY OF SELECTED VIRAL AND BACTERIAL DISEASES IN WILD SWINE FROM OKLAHOMA

Blood samples collected from 120 wild swine (Sus scrofa) in thirteen O klahoma (USA) counties during 1996 were tested for antibodies against six viral and two bacterial diseases. No antibodies to swine brucellos is, pseudorabies, transmissible gastroenteritis, and vesicular stomati tis were detected. Antibody titers to one or more leptospiral serovars were found in 44% of the samples, the two most frequent serovars bein g Leptospira interrogans serovars bratislava (29%) and pomona (27%). A ntibody against porcine parvovirus and swine influenza virus was detec ted in 17% and 11% of the swine, respectively. Two samples (2%) were p ositive for antibody to the recently emerged porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.