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The pig was sampled on June 8, 2020 as a part of the ongoing feral pig control and disease surveillance program overseen by USDA Wildlife Services in Oregon. This is the first detection of PRV (also known as Aujeszky’s Disease) in a feral pig in Oregon since the surveillance program began in 2007.
The United States commercial hog industry has been PRV free since 2004.
“While the presence of PRV in Oregon has so far been an isolated event, it shows that our disease surveillance program is working, it is too early to know how this disease appeared in Oregon, but additional testing and investigation is ongoing,” said Ryan Scholz, ODA District Veterinarian. “There is no indication that there has been any exposure of domestic livestock in Oregon to the Pseudorabies virus, and this detection does not have any impact on Oregon’s recognition as being a PRV free state.”
Oregon has an aggressive program to capture and remove any feral pigs in Oregon that has been successful in keeping feral swine populations from growing in Oregon, with the current estimated population decreasing from 5,000 in the early 2000s to possibly 200 today.
July 10, 2020/ Oregon Department of Agriculture/ United States.
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