Effect of challenge dose and age in experimental infection of pigs with encephalomyocarditis virus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 187-195

  Billinis, C ^a,b   Leontides, L ^b   Psychas, V ^a   Spyrou, V ^a   Kostoulas, P ^b   Koenen, F ^c   Papadopoulos, O ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age effect; Dose effect; Encephalomyocarditis virus; Pig viruses

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FATALITY; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SECRETION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1842637221     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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