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Differential immunity in pigs with high and low responses to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2007
Petry D B, Lunney J, Boyd P, Kuhar D, Blankenship E, Johnson R K
Abstract excerpt
One hundred Hampshire x Duroc cross-bred pigs (HD) and 100 NE Index line (I) pigs were infected with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus and evaluated for resistance/susceptibility. Controls (100/line) were uninfected littermates to the infected pigs. Viremia, change in weight (WTdelta), and rectal temperature at 0, 4, 7, and 14 d postinfection were recorded. Lung, bronchial lymph node...
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