Haas, Chloé
Origgi, Francesco C.
Rossi, Sophie
López-Olvera, Jorge R.
Rossi, Luca
Castillo-Contreras, Raquel
Malmsten, Anna
Dalin, Anne-Marie
Orusa, Riccardo
Robetto, Serena
Pignata, Luciano
Lavín, Santiago
Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1062-870X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen
Fondation Galli-Valerio
Fondation François Sommer
National Domain of Chambord
French Ministry of Agriculture
Barcelona City Hall
Assessorato sanità, salute e politiche sociali
Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Article History
Received: 18 December 2016
Accepted: 15 March 2018
First Online: 27 March 2018
Ethics approval
: This study did not involve purposeful killing of animals and was exempt from ethical approval according to the national legislation of the participating countries. Samples originated mainly from dead wild boar legally hunted during official hunting seasons. One wild boar (positive control) submitted for necropsy as a carcass to the Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health in Bern, Switzerland, was also included in the study. Capture, sampling and euthanasia of 111 live wild boar did not require any specific authorization as these procedures were part of an official culling action by the city of Barcelona, Spain.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.