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Detection and characterization of potentially zoonotic viruses in faeces of pigs at slaughter in Germany.
Veterinary microbiology - 10 Jan 2014
Machnowska Patrycja, Ellerbroek Lüppo, Johne Reimar
Abstract excerpt
Pigs can harbour a variety of viruses in their gastrointestinal tract. Some of them are closely related to human viruses and are therefore suspected to have a zoonotic potential. Only little is known about the presence of those viruses in pigs at slaughter. However, by contamination of meat with zoonotic viruses during the slaughtering process, food-borne transmission to humans may be possible. Here we analyzed...
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