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Evaluation of the transmission of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) genogroups a and b with semen from infected specific-pathogen-free boars.
Veterinary microbiology - 23 Mar 2013
Grasland Béatrice, Blanchard Philippe, Kéranflec'h André, Bigault Lionel, Oger Aurélie, Rose Nicolas, Madec François, Jestin André, Cariolet Roland
Abstract excerpt
The porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) is associated with several diseases including reproductive failure. This syndrome has been experimentally reproduced twice with two PCV-2 isolates representative of each major PCV-2 genogroup, i.e. PCV-2a and PCV-2b (Cariolet et al., 2002; Rose et al., 2007). In these two previous studies, the sows were infected by intra-uterine inoculation at insemination with 10(4.3) and...
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