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Published Date: 2022-06-13 10:33:34 CDT
Source: Heidenheimer Zeitung [in German, machine trans., edited]
https://www.hz.de/suedwest/gefaehrli...-64884155.html
The virus of Aujeszky's disease, or AK for short, was found in a wild boar that was killed in the Emmendingen district [Baden-Württemberg state].
AK, also known as mad itch or pseudorabies because the symptoms resemble those of rabies, is very rare. In Germany, it has been considered eradicated for almost 2 decades -- at least in domestic pigs. From time to time, however, the virus appears in wild boar. This was the case again at the end of May [2022] in eastern Bavaria.
The infected wild boar in the Emmendingen district was shot a few days ago in the state forest near Teningen. Because there was a suspicion of pseudorabies, the district hunters were informed immediately. On Wednesday [8 May 2022], the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) then confirmed the detection of virus antigen. This was announced by the district office in Emmendingen.
Many mammal species -- but not primates and equidae, that is horse-like -- can become infected. Pigs in particular spread the virus. The virus has disappeared from domestic pigs. In the wild boar population, however, isolated antibodies against the virus of Aujeszky's disease are still being detected -- an indication that the pathogen occurs again and again in wild boar. Older wild boars usually survive the infection, they remain infected for life, as with other herpesvirus infections. The virus can then be excreted again and again. In dogs, cats, and other mammals, the virus causes such severe itching that infected animals die in agony within hours to days.
... The pseudorabies epidemic should not be confused with African swine fever (ASF), which also appeared in Baden-Württemberg for the 1st time 2 weeks ago.
https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=20220613.8703838
Source: Heidenheimer Zeitung [in German, machine trans., edited]
https://www.hz.de/suedwest/gefaehrli...-64884155.html
The virus of Aujeszky's disease, or AK for short, was found in a wild boar that was killed in the Emmendingen district [Baden-Württemberg state].
AK, also known as mad itch or pseudorabies because the symptoms resemble those of rabies, is very rare. In Germany, it has been considered eradicated for almost 2 decades -- at least in domestic pigs. From time to time, however, the virus appears in wild boar. This was the case again at the end of May [2022] in eastern Bavaria.
The infected wild boar in the Emmendingen district was shot a few days ago in the state forest near Teningen. Because there was a suspicion of pseudorabies, the district hunters were informed immediately. On Wednesday [8 May 2022], the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) then confirmed the detection of virus antigen. This was announced by the district office in Emmendingen.
Many mammal species -- but not primates and equidae, that is horse-like -- can become infected. Pigs in particular spread the virus. The virus has disappeared from domestic pigs. In the wild boar population, however, isolated antibodies against the virus of Aujeszky's disease are still being detected -- an indication that the pathogen occurs again and again in wild boar. Older wild boars usually survive the infection, they remain infected for life, as with other herpesvirus infections. The virus can then be excreted again and again. In dogs, cats, and other mammals, the virus causes such severe itching that infected animals die in agony within hours to days.
... The pseudorabies epidemic should not be confused with African swine fever (ASF), which also appeared in Baden-Württemberg for the 1st time 2 weeks ago.
https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=20220613.8703838