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Value of skin punch biopsies for the diagnosis of acute classical swine fever.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc - 1 Nov 2007
Kaden Volker, Lange Elke, Faust Anja, Teifke Jens P
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to determine if skin punch biopsies are appropriate for the diagnosis of classical swine fever. For this purpose, 6 wild boars and 2 domestic pigs were experimentally infected with the highly virulent classical swine fever virus (CSFV) Koslov and 5 domestic pigs with a CSFV field isolate (genotype 2.3 Uelzen) derived from wild boar. Skin biopsy specimens were tested using virus...
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