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Bulletin No. 30 - Summer 2008
MiscelleanousEmerging diseases
ARTOIS M, CARON A, LEIGHTON FA, BUNN C, VALLAT B
La faune sauvage et les maladies émergentes 9Wild life and emerging diseases).
Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'Office International des Epizooties, 2006, Volume 25, Nº3, 897-912
This paper reviews the conditions in which an infectious pathogenic agent or a parasite can migrate from a wild reservoir to domestic animals and/or humans. Several processes are described and illustrated with examples, including the case of classical swine fever. In the last decade, several outbreaks of classical swine fever have occurred in Europe. Wild boars seem to play a major epidemiological role in the persistence of the infection. Due to high birth rates, the lack of predators and the availability of feed the wild boar population keeps on growing, resulting in increased densities of animals and major risks of infection. The migration of classical swine fever from wild boars to domestic pigs may then be facilitated by the development of new types of pig production such as outdoor production.
