Editing Wild boar (section)

== Diseases and parasites ==
[[File:BTB in boar.png|thumb|Lesions consistent with [[Mycobacterium bovis|bovine tuberculosis]] on the lower jaw and lung of a wild boar]]
Wild boars are known to host at least 20 different parasitic worm species, with maximum infections occurring in summer. Young animals are vulnerable to [[helminth]]s like ''[[Metastrongylus]]'', which are consumed by boars through earthworms and cause death by parasitising the lungs. Wild boar also carry parasites known to infect humans, including ''[[Gastrodiscoides]]'', ''[[Trichinella spiralis]]'', ''[[Taenia solium]]'', ''[[Balantidium coli]]'' and ''[[Toxoplasma gondii]]''.<ref name=toxo>{{cite journal | last1 = Jokelainen | first1 = P. | last2 = Velström | first2 = K. | last3 = Lassen | first3 = B. | year = 2015 | title = Seroprevalence of ''Toxoplasma gondii'' in free-ranging wild boars hunted for human consumption in Estonia | doi = 10.1186/s13028-015-0133-z | journal = Acta Vet Scand | volume = 57 | issue = 1 | pages = 42 | pmid = 26239110| pmc = 4524169 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Wild boar in southern regions are frequently infested with [[tick]]s (''[[Dermacentor]]'', ''[[Rhipicephalus]]'', and ''[[Hyalomma]]'') and [[Haematopinus suis|hog lice]]. The species also suffers from blood-sucking [[Diptera|flies]], which it escapes by bathing frequently or hiding in dense shrubs.<ref name=heptner1988 />

[[Classical swine fever|Swine plague]] spreads very quickly in wild boar, with [[epizootic]]s being recorded in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Belarus, the Caucasus, the Far East, Kazakhstan and other regions. [[Foot-and-mouth disease]] can also take on epidemic proportions in boar populations. The species occasionally, but rarely contracts ''[[Pasteurellosis]]'', [[Hemorrhagic septicemia|hemorrhagic sepsis]], [[tularemia]], and [[anthrax]]. Wild boar may on occasion contract swine [[erysipelas]] through rodents or hog lice and ticks.<ref name=heptner1988 />
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