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First isolation of foot and mouth disease virus from wild boars in the Middle East
Author(s) -
Karniely Sharon,
Hamed Fares,
Gelman Boris,
King Roni,
Storm Nick,
Eyngor Evgeny,
Even Tov Boris
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transboundary and emerging diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.392
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1865-1682
pISSN - 1865-1674
DOI - 10.1111/tbed.13507
Subject(s) - outbreak , foot and mouth disease , foot and mouth disease virus , lameness , biology , veterinary medicine , virology , virus , isolation (microbiology) , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery
Domestic pigs are susceptible to foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) infection and suffer from severe clinical disease. Our knowledge on the clinical manifestations of FMD in and its transmission by wild boars ( Sus scrofa ) is very limited. During an FMD outbreak in the Golan Heights in 2018, wild boars grazing in close proximity to cattle were observed showing lameness. Infectious FMDV was isolated from throat and heart tissues of two young wild boars with FMD clinical signs. This is the first report of wild boars clinically infected with FMDV in the Middle East.