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The emergence of a new strain of porcine circovirus-2 in Ontario and Quebec swine and its association with severe porcine circovirus associated disease--2004-2006.
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire - 1 Apr 2008
Carman Susy, Cai Hugh Y, DeLay Josepha, Youssef Sameh A, McEwen Beverly J, Gagnon Carl A, Tremblay Donald, Hazlett Murray, Lusis Peter, Fairles Jim, Alexander Hazel S, van Dreumel Tony
Abstract excerpt
In the late fall of 2004 more severe lesions of porcine circovirus-2 associated disease (PCVAD) than usual occurred during an outbreak of porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) infection in Ontario nursery and grower/finisher pigs. The lesions were of unprecedented severity and included diffuse bronchointerstitial pneumonia, granulomatous enteritis, vasculitis, interstitial nephritis, and new lesions of splenic infarction....
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