Table 35.3
Main diseases found in published literature for free-ranging and captive peccary species in Latin America.
DiseasePathogen (family)Transmission routesReporting countryReporting periodSpecies involvedReferencesAujeszky’s diseaseHerpesviridaeDirect contactBrazil (Pantanal)2012T. tajacuPaes etal. 2013Brazil (Amazon)2013T. tajacuCastro etal. 2014BrucellosisBrucellaspp.Contact with blood, placenta. Scavenging dead livestock with brucellosisVenezuelan Llanos1990T. tajacuLord & Lord 1991Atlantic Forest, Brazil2002T. tajacuNava & Cullen 2003Pantanal, Brazil1997T. tajacuIto etal. 1998Pantanal, Brazil1997T.pecariIto etal. 1998Atlantic Forest, Brazil2002T. pecariNava & Cullen 2003Pantanal, Brazil2009T. pecariReal etal. 2010Porcine circovirus (PCV )Porcine circovirus 2Direct contactBrazil, Amazon2013Tayassuspp.Castro etal. 2014LeptospirosisLeptospiraspp.Environment - water floodsPeru, Amazon2003T.tajacuMendoza etal. 2007Peru, Amazon2003-2005T.tajacuJori etal. 2009Brazil (Pantanal)2004-2008Tayassu spp.Nava 2008Atlantic Forest, Brazil2002T.tajacuNava & Cullen 20032003-2005T.tajacude Freitas etal. 20102004-2008Nava 20082002Nava & Cullen 2003Porcine enzootic pneumoniaMycoplasma hyopneumoniaeDirect contactBrazil, Amazon2013T. tajacuCastro etal. 2014Blue tongueOrbivirusVector (Culicidae)Peru, Amazon2008-2009T. pecariRivera etal. 2013Atrophic rhinitisPasteurella multocidaDirect contactBrazil, Amazon2013T. pecariCastro etal. 2014.03712:55:54