Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella in European wild boar (Sus scrofa); Latium Region – Italy

Viral and Antibody Prevalence of Hepatitis E in European Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) and Hunters at Zoonotic Risk in the Latium Region

“…Wild boars are distributed widely throughout the world and these animals are considered a possible source of infection for domestic swine, other pets and man (Montagnaro et al, 2010;Zottola et al, 2013). Previous studies of the ecopathology of wild Boars in Europe have rarely involved populations in central Italy.…”

Colonisation of pig gallbladders with Salmonella species important to public health

“…S enterica subspecies salamae 38:b:1,2, is occasionally reported from human, wild boars, poultry and vegetables (Bellissima and others 2004, Bouchrif and others 2009, Quiroz-Santiago and others 2009, Zottola and others 2013) and this is the first reporting from the gallbladder of pigs. Its presence in the pig's gallbladder indicates the presence of genetic mechanisms helping it adapt in a hostile environment and eventually spreading to susceptible hosts.…”

Scientific Opinion on the risk posed by pathogens in food of non‐animal origin. Part 2 (Salmonella and Norovirus in leafy greens eaten raw as salads)

“…frogs, lizards, snakes, rodents, badgers, foxes, deer or wild boar) and birds Lowell et al, 2010). Salmonella has been isolated with varying frequencies from various species of wild animals that can come into contact with leafy green production, including wild boar (Vieira-Pinto et al, 2011;Zottola et al, 2013), deer, birds (Benskin et al, 2009;Carlson et al, 2011;Lawson et al, 2010;Ramos et al, 2010), rabbits (Vieira-Pinto et al, 2011), rats (Lapuz et al, 2008) and flies (Pava-Ripoll et al, 2012). Wildlife has been suggested as a cause of contamination of the food production and processing chains with Salmonella (Hilbert et al, 2012), but this has very rarely been confirmed microbiologically for leafy greens.…”