Serological surveillance for antibodies against Erysipelothrix species in wild boar and deer in Japan

Takae Shimizu; Chiaki Okamoto; Hiroshi Aoki; Kazuki Harada; Yasushi Kataoka; Fumiko Ono; Mutsuyo Kadohira; Shinji Takai

Serological surveillance for antibodies against Erysipelothrix species in wild boar and deer in Japan

Jpn J Vet Res. 2016 Feb;64(1):91-4.

Authors

Takae Shimizu, Chiaki Okamoto, Hiroshi Aoki, Kazuki Harada, Yasushi Kataoka, Fumiko Ono, Mutsuyo Kadohira, Shinji Takai

PMID: 27348892

Abstract

We investigated the seroprevalence of antibodies against Erysipelothrix in wild animals in Japan. Serum samples were collected from 48 wild boar, 26 Yezo deer and 26 Japanese deer in Japan. Growth agglutination (GA) test was performed to estimate antibody titers. As a result, positive results were obtained from 32 (66.7%), 1 (3.6%) and 6 (23.1%) samples from wild boar, Yezo deer and Japanese deer, respectively. Our findings suggest that wild animals may be an important reservoir of Erysipelothrix.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
Deer*
Erysipelothrix / immunology*
Erysipelothrix Infections / blood
Erysipelothrix Infections / epidemiology
Erysipelothrix Infections / immunology*
Japan / epidemiology
Population Surveillance
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Sus scrofa*

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial