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A survey of serum antibody titers to brucellosis and pseudorabies in feral swine in Texas
| dc.creator | Partin, Charles David | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:42:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:42:07Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1995 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1995-THESIS-P378 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Serum samples were collected from 500 feral swine in 34 Texas counties. Swine Brucellosis (SB) testing with the standard brucellosis card test (CT) and the particle concentration fluorescence immunoassay (PCFIA) test, and pseudorabies (PRV) testing with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test were performed at the State-Federal Diagnostic Laboratory in Austin, Texas. Supplemental PRV testing with the serum neutralization (SN) test was performed at the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in College Station, Texas. The prevalence of SB in this study was 0.0%. The overall prevalence of PRV was 17.4%. Chi-Square analysis indicated that the distribution of PRV prevalence in feral swine was dependent on region, season, and domestic swine population density and PRV prevalence, but independent of the sex of sampled hogs. The prevalence of PRV in feral swine appeared to be inversely related to domestic swine population density and PRV prevalence. This study suggests that feral swine have a limited probability of transmitting these diseases to domestic swine at this time. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | wildlife and fisheries sciences. | en |
| dc.subject | Major wildlife and fisheries sciences. | en |
| dc.title | A survey of serum antibody titers to brucellosis and pseudorabies in feral swine in Texas | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | wildlife and fisheries sciences | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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