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Monitoring of selected swine viral diseases in Peruvian Amazon peccaries (2025)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Menajovsky, Maria F.

Mayor, Pedro

Bodmer, Richard

Pérez-Peña, Pedro

Ulloa, Gabriela M.

Greenwood, Alex D. (WE 12)

Montero, Stephanie

Lescano, Andrés G.

Santolalla, Meddly L.

Segalés, Joaquim

Sibila, Marina

Cabezón, Oscar

Espunyes, Johan

Quelle

EcoHealth

Bandzählung: 22

Heftzählung: 1

Seiten: 69 – 78

ISSN: 1612-9210

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-024-01692-9

DOI: 10.1007/s10393-024-01692-9

Pubmed: 39799202

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Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Peccaries (collared peccary—CP—and white-lipped peccary—WLP) are an essential source of protein and income for rural communities in the Amazon region. Since 1980s, researchers in the Amazon have reported recurrent local disappearances of WLP populations. Although such disappearances impact the species conservation and the food security of rural societies, no studies have drawn consistent conclusions about the causes of these population collapses. However, it has recently been proposed that the overabundance of this species before its decline would be related to infectious disease outbreaks. In the current study, we aimed to determine the circulation (occurrence and exposure) of viruses relevant to swine health in CP and WLP populations, namely classical swine fever virus (CSFV), Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV), swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV), and porcine circoviruses (PCV). The study was conducted in two areas of the northeastern Peruvian Amazon: the Yavarí-Mirín River basin (2008 -2020), where WLPs experienced extreme population fluctuations, and the Pucacuro National Reserve (2012–2014), where no WLP disappearances have been reported. Since WLP is not easily found during population declines, we also sampled CP as an indicator of virus circulation in the area as they are likely to be susceptible to the same pathogens. CSFV and ADV antibodies were detected in both peccary species and both areas. Diseases caused by CSFV and ADV have the potential to act as ultimate causes of population collapse, especially in large WLP populations where overabundance could increase the rate of pathogen transmission. Our results were inconclusive in establishing whether or not these viruses drove the WLP population to collapse, but their potential role warrants deeper investigation, expanding the geographical coverage of studies on infectious diseases in peccaries.