Porcine ear necrosis syndrome: A preliminary investigation of putative infectious agents in piglets and mycotoxins in feed

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 392-397

  Weissenbacher Lang, C ^a   Voglmayr, T ^b   Waxenecker, F ^c   Hofstetter, U ^c   Weissenbock H ^a   Hoelzle, K ^d   Hoelzle, L E ^e   Welle, M ^f   Ogris, M ^g   Bruns, G ^h   Ritzmann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Traunkreis VetClinic ^*  (Austria)

^c BIOMIN RESEARCH CENTER   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^f VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g Intervet GesmbH   (Austria)

^h Tieraerztliche Klinik Duemmerland   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Histopathology; Mycotoxins; Porcine ear necrosis; Virology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLDEOXYNIVALENOL; ALKALOID; DIACETOXYSCIRPENOL; ERGOCORNINE; ERGOCRISTINE; ERGOCRYPTINE; ERGOSINE; ERGOT ALKALOID; ERGOTAMINE; HT 2 TOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; NIVALENOL; T 2 TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIRCOVIRUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY; MYCOPLASMA SUIS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS TYPE 2; PORCINE EAR NECROSIS SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EAR; EAR DISEASES; MYCOTOXINS; NECROSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

MYCOPLASMA SUIS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84872413755     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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