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Detection and molecular characterization of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in Lithuanian wild boar populations.
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica - 8 Sept 2016
Stankevicius Arunas, Buitkuviene Jurate, Sutkiene Virginija, Spancerniene Ugne, Pampariene Ina, Pautienius Arnoldas, Oberauskas Vaidas, Zilinskas Henrikas, Zymantiene Judita
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BACKGROUND: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is recognized worldwide as an important and economically devastating pathogen in pig production. Although PRRSV is widespread in domestic swine, there is a lack of information regarding PRRSV infection in European wild boars (Sus scrofa). Currently available information does not provide conclusive evidence that wild boars are a reservoir of...
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