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Excretion of hepatitis E virus by pigs of different ages and its presence in slurry stores in the United Kingdom.
The Veterinary record - 30 Aug 2008
McCreary C, Martelli F, Grierson S, Ostanello F, Nevel A, Banks M
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Five faecal samples were collected from four different stages of production at each of 10 pig farms in the Yorkshire Humberside area of the UK, and samples of slurry were collected from nine of the farms. All the samples were tested for hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA by a nested reverse transcriptase PCR. At least one sample from the pigs on each of the farms tested positive for hev; its prevalence in the 10 herds...
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