Journal of Wildlife Diseases · 1980 · 38 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineAnimal SciencesInfectious DiseasesDiagnostic MicrobiologyMammalogyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyAnimal Infectious DiseasesLivestock Infectious DiseasesSwine Infectious DiseasesZoonotic Disease DiagnosisZoonotic Disease TransmissionZoonotic InfectionsDirect Fluorescent Antibody TestingDomestic Animal TransmissionIndirect Fluorescent Antibody AssayPorcine Infectious DiseasesRabies TransmissionSwine Virus TransmissionSwine Zoonotic DiseasesZoonotic Animal Viruses
Of 73 wild and domestic mammals tested from an area endemic for pseudorabies in swine, 16 showed natural pseudorabies virus infection, 8 from farms with no pseudorabies history. In transmission experiments with swine and raccoons (Procyon lotor), pseudorabies was not transmitted between raccoons but was transmitted reciprocally between raccoons and swine by contact and when either consumed infected carrion of the other. The fluorescent antibody tissue section test proved valuable in diagnosis of pseudorabies, especially when employed with the virus isolation test.