How long can my sow herd remain free of PRRSV?
Location, regional pig density, general biosecurity practices and air filtration all need to be considered.
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Location, regional pig density, general biosecurity practices and air filtration all need to be considered.
Chicken anemia virus (CAV), which has been reported in many countries, causes severe anemia and immunosuppression in chickens. In this study, a CAV strain YN04 belonging to genotype A was firstly identified from infected chickens in Yunnan province, China. Moreover, the animal infection experiments further confirmed that the strain YN04 is a highly pathogenic strain, which can cause 86.67% mortality of chickens in infection group. The mean death time of infected chickens was 13.1 days post infection (dpi). CAV infection induced severe anemia with significant decrease of packed cell volume, and...
Editorial: African Swine Fever in Smallholder and Traditional Pig Farming Systems: Research, Challenges and Solutions