First International Symposium of Veterinary Medicine – ISVM2015 260 Invited lecture THE MOST COMMON HEALTH DISTURBANCES DETECTED IN WILD BOARS IN ENCLOSED HUNTING GROUNDS IN VOJVODINA PROVINCE Jasna Prodanov-RКНЮХoЯТć 1 *, RКНosХКЯ DošОn 1 , Igor Stojanov 1 , TКmКš PОЭroЯТć 1 1 SМТОnЭТПТМ ЯОЭОrТnКrв InsЭТЭЮЭО “NoЯТ SКН”, NoЯТ Sad, Serbia * Corresponding author: jasna@niv.ns.ac.rs Abstract The control of health status of wild boar population is quite demanding and it is not easy to achieve. Also, often is not possible entirely to perform a complete diagnostic examination in wild boars in each evaluated case. The aim of this research was to evaluate the most common health disturbances detected in wild boars in enclosed hunting grounds in Vojvodina Province. The material for this research included enclosed hunting grounds, where clinical signs of health disorders and dead of different categories of wild boars were recorded. The following research methods were applied: epidemiological investigation, clinical examination of live and gross pathological examination of dead and/or shot diseased wild boars. The clinical examination was performed from the safe distance at the feeding place. In the laboratory, the applied research methods included: bacteriological testing, virusological testing (ELISA test, HI test and RT-PCR) and parasitological examination. On the basis of the achieved results it may be concluded that wild boars could be source of different endoparasites species. By gross pathological examination it was discovered that in the largest number of animals the health problems were mainly connected to the parasitic infestations and bacterial infections of digestive and respiratory organs. Keywords: wild boars, enclosed hunting grounds, Vojvodina Province Introduction Wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) numbers have dramatically increased over the past 60 years and the species also shows a more widespread distribution (Artois et al., 2001; Sedlak et al., 2008; Wu et al., 2011), which not only means a larger number of hosts available for the transmission of disease, but also a higher contact rate between hosts (Ruiz-Fons et al., 2008). The population of wild boar in 15 member states of European Union (EU) has been roughly estimated between 800,000 and 1 milion heads, but its density varies from country to country (Laddomada, 2000). Increasing food availability and climatic change provide optimal conditions for a rapid wild boar multiplication and expansion (Wu et al., 2011). According to available data of the Veterinary directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental protection, in the Republic of Serbia, the population of wild boars was aproximatelly estimated on 30.000,00 heads and the density of the wild boar population ranges from a minimum of 0.2/km 2 to over 20/km 2 . In Serbia, there are about 300 hunting grounds with wild boars. Hunting grounds are managed by two public enterprises, also two hunting association, four National parks in wich hunting is allowed and 5 hunting grounds are managed by Ministry of Defence. In Vojvodina Province, there is one public enterprise „VoУЯoНТnКšЮmО“ аТЭС 17 СЮnЭТnР РroЮnНs, onО NКЭТonКХ pКrФ ŻrЮšФК gora, one private hunting ground and 86 hunting associations. Wild boar pathogens are highly relevant not only for the livestock industry but also for wildlife МonsОrЯКЭТon КnН Пor ЭСО СЮnЭТnР ТnНЮsЭrв (DošОn ОЭ КХ., β01γ; LККФsonОnО КnН PКЮХsОn, β015; Prodanov-RКНЮХoЯТć ОЭ КХ., β014К). KnoаХОНРО oП НТsОКsОs МТrМЮХКЭТnР Тn аТХНХТПО popЮХКЭТons МКn ЛО