[Case report: Porcine circovirus type 2 infection in an European wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the state of Brandenburg, Germany]. / Porzine Circovirus Typ 2-Infektion bei einem Wildschwein (Sus scrofa) im Land Brandenburg.

This case represents the first case of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV-2)--infection in a free living European wild boar associated with morphological lesions, which are regarded as characteristic for Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) in domestic pigs. The animal, an approximately 10 month old male, was found dead in a rural area within the state of Brandenburg, Germany. The closest commercial pig farm is located in 3 km distance from the spot where the carcass was found. At necropsy, the animal was found to be in a runted condition. Morphological investigation revealed two lesion complexes. Firstly, lymphatic depletion was present in different organs. Mainly the white pulp of the spleen was affected, where lymph follicles and periarteriolar lymphatic sheaths were nearly completely depleted of lymphoid cells. The former lymphatic areas could only be identified by the presence of histiocytic cells. Secondly, there were widely distributed lesions indicative of a bacterial septicemia i.e. purulent-necrotizing lymphadenitis, pulpous hyperplasia of the spleen, miliary lytic liver necroses and foci of fibrinous pneumonia. Within the lesions, bacterial colonies were found (short Gram-negative rods). Bacteriology revealed a septicemic Salmonella choleraesuis var. Kunzendorf--infection. Virologically, the animal was tested with negative results for Classical Swine Fever Virus and PRRSV. The unusual depletion of the lymphatic tissue mainly in the spleen led to the suspicion of a PCV-2 infection. Typical circoviral particles were found by negative-contrast electron microscopy in samples from spleen and lymph nodes. Using a commercial antiserum against Porcine Circovirus, positive staining was found by fluorescence microscopy in tonsils, spleen and lymph nodes. Finally, the virus was identified to be PCV-2 by species-specific PCR. The presented case rises the questions if PCV-2 is endemic in the European wild boar population at least in certain areas, if it is of pathogenetic importance for wild boars and if the virus present in wild boars is identical to that present in domestic pigs with PMWS.

[Yersinia pseudotuberculosis as a possible cause of abortion in sheep (short communication)]. / Yersinia pseudotuberculosis als mögliche Abortursache bei Schafen (Kurzmitteilung).

A case report is given on cases of abortion in a flock of sheep herded on different pastures. In three fetuses Yersinia pseudotuberculosis could be detected additionally to Chlamydia for the first time in the district of the veterinary office of Cottbus.

[The development of the cestode fauna in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in a newly formed surface mine residual water]. / Zur Entwicklung der Zestodenfauna bei Regenbogenforellen (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in einem neu entstandenen Tagebaurestgewässer.

Helminthofaunistical studies on rainbow trout, wild fish and zooplankton organisms of a recently emerged rest waters from an open-cast mine have been made continuously in the period from 1980 till 1990. Three years after the beginning of the trout production larval triaenophorosis appeared as the first cestodosis. In the subsequent time changes of the cestode fauna of rainbow trout kept in net-cages could already be observed within a few years. Possible causes for the replacement of Eubothrium crassum by Proteocephalus neglectus are discussed. Since 1985 proteocephalosis is the dominating helminthosis in the stock of trout. Changes in the population dynamics of cestodes of the genus Proteocephalus are traced back to a multitude of complexly functioning ecological and anthropogenic regulation mechanisms in all links of the life-cycle.

[Detection and characterization of Salmonella strains from laughing gulls (Larus ridibundus)]. / Nachweis und Charakterisierung von Salmonella-Stämmen bei Lachmöwen (Larus ridibundus).

25 and 17 Salmonella strains could be isolated from 429 and 423 blackheaded gulls (Larus ridibundus), respectively, during two years of examination. S. typhimurium was the most frequent serovar. All strains of S. typhimurium belonged to the biochemovar c (inosite and rhamnose negative), nearly a third of isolates caused a mannose-sensitive hemagglutination of guinea pig erythrocytes. This result is in contradiction to the literature. Furthermore the phagovars, the plasmid profiles and the resistance against chemotherapeutics were tested. The Salmonella carriage by gulls presumably reflects the contamination of the environment.

[Listeria abortions in cattle--bacteriology, serology and epizootiology]. / Listerienabort des Rindes--Bakteriologie, Serologie und Epizootiologie.

Listeria abortions were established in foetuses of cattle in 1.2% of the cases investigated in the Erfurt region and 1.8% in the Cottbus region from 1984 to 1989. The isolated strains have been found biochemically to be L. monocytogenes. The serological discrimination revealed a majority of serovar O I, II. Typing by phages of a part of isolated strains showed a clear predominance of code number 000 124 by the 1/2 a isolate (corresponds to O I, II). This type of phages seems to have a epizootiological importance. Listeria abortions were found in (a lot of 63) flocks in the Erfurt region. Nevertheless there were almost no accumulations of listeria abortions and listeria encephalitis at the same time in the analysed flocks.