THE CONTROL OF CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS PRESENCE IN WILD BOARS POPULATION

Abstract: In our country a certain number of wild boars is controlled and reared in an enclosed hunting ground while the number of free-ranging population is mainly unknown. It is not easy to achieve and often not possible entirely to perform a complete diagnostic examination on the presence of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) in wild boars in each evaluated case. The aim of the research was control of CSFV presence in wild boars population in five enclosed hunting area in Vojvodina. As part of health control programm of wild boars, shot by hunters, the examination of the trunci deriving from 30 wild boars was performed. The laboratory testing of tissue samples deriving from 15 shot wild boars was done in regular hunting season. In order to check health status, the pathomorphological examination of 12 carcasses of dead or diseased animals shot by hunters and laboratory testing of their organs and tissue samples was performed. One of the characteristics of outdoor swine production in some regions is raising free-roaming domestic pigs, where they share forest habitat with the wild boars. In epidemiological research of the problem of free-roaming domestic pigs, th